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The nuclear density distributions and size radii are calculated for one-proton 8B, two-proton 17Ne, one-neutron 11Be and two-neutron 11Li halo nuclei. The theoretical outlines of calculations assume that the nuclei understudy are composed of two parts: the stable core and the unstable halo. The core part is studied using the radial wave functions of harmonic-oscillator (HO) potentials, while the halo is studied through Woods-Saxon (WS) potential. The long tail behaviour which is the main characteristic of the halo nuclei are well generated in comparison with experimental data. The calculated size radii are in good agreement with experimental values. The elastic electron scattering form factors of the C0 component are also calculated for the aforementioned nuclei. The calculated form factor results give predictions for the results of future experiments on electron-radioactive ion beam colliders.

Effect of ionizing radiation induced by coblet-60 (Co-60) on Escherichia coli cells was investigated. A cellular survival curve and mutant frequencies versus absorbed doses were determined. The results showed that the level of bacteria in survival curve decrease to (2) Log with gamma ray doses increase and D-value was equals (0.079) Gy. After irradiation the mutant frequencies increased with doses increase, the greatest mutant frequency was 3.4 10 -12 (1 mutation for 0.29 10 12 CFU for 150 g of rifampicin) induced by(1) Gy, while the smaller was 0.39 10 -12 (1 mutation for 3.41 10 12 CFU for 150 g of rifampicin) induced by(0.1) Gy.

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Reactive Powder Concrete (RPC) could be considered as the furthermost significant modern high compressive strength concrete. In this study, an experimental investigation on the impact of micro steel fiber volume fraction ratio and gamma ray irradiation duration influence upon the compressive strength of RPC is presented. Three volume fraction ratios (0.0, 1.0 and 1.5) % was implemented. For each percentage of the adopted fiber ratios, six different irradiation duration was considered; these are (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6) days. Gamma source (Cs-137) of energy (0.662) MeV and activity (6) mci was used. In a case of zero volume fraction ratio, the experimental results showed that gamma ray had a significant influence on the reducing of the compressive strength varies between (1.2-8.6)% for a period of (1-6) days, respectively. Although there was a decrease in the compressive strength for a state of non-zero volume fraction ratio (1 and 1.5) % varies between (1.0-3.1 and 0.4-1.6) %, respectively, the attained results indicated that gamma ray had no significant effect to reduce the compressive strength of the RPC that’s included micro steel fibers as a volume fraction.