Dr. Saphina Biira

Senior Lecturer (Department of Physics)
PhD in Physics (Materials Science and Nuclear Radiation); University of Pretoria, South Africa
MSc. in Physics (Radiation Physics), Makerere University; Uganda
BSc. ED (Physics/Maths), Gulu University, Uganda


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Dr. Saphina's Projects

The synthesis of ZrC layers was performed in an in-house developed, vertical-wall chemical vapour deposition (CVD) system operating at atmospheric pressure. Zirconium tetrachloride and methane were used as zirconium and carbon

Production of Electricity from biomass

Techno-economic analysis of biomass power production for rural electrification in Uganda

Amorphisation of boron carbide under gamma irradiation

Boron carbide (\(\hbox {B}_{\mathrm {4}}\hbox {C}\)) has been widely used in nuclear reactors and nuclear applications