Comparative Study of Radiation Shielding Parameters for Binary Oxide Glasses

Kaundal, Rajinder Singh

doi:10.13005/ojc/330522

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“…In Figure 1, the MAC decreases rapidly at energy range from 0.001 MeV to 0.004341 MeV meanwhile in Figure 2 rapid decrease of MAC is observed at energy range between 0.001 MeV and 0.004 MeV. This rapid decrease is due to photoelectric effect interaction where the interaction is dependent on the atomic number of sample and energy [28]. During sharp decrease of MAC values, a few sudden and distinguished increases at 0.00116MeV, 0.00194MeV and 0.0011689 MeV were observed.…”

Section: Mass Attenuation Coefficientmentioning

confidence: 88%

Theoretical Ionizing Radiation Shielding Parameters of Thulium Doped Zinc Borotellurite Glass

Rusni,

Laoding,

Amat

2024

E3S Web Conf.

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Ionizing radiation is considered hazardous to human health but it is very crucial for many applications such as nuclear fuel processing and medical radiography. Glass has played a huge role as a shielding material for ionizing radiation in the application that requires line of sight. Nowadays, lead glass is commonly used in industry due to its properties of high density. However, lead toxicity can give harmful effects on humans’ health and the environment. As for concrete, it takes a lot of space, blocks the line of sight and the density of concrete may reduce due to prolonged exposure to radiation. To cater these problems, this study proposed a glass composition that is thulium doped zinc borotellurite glass. Thulium is used due to its potential such as resistance to corrosion and oxidation, good ductility and does not pose any environmental threat. In this study, Phy-X and WinXCom software is used. The main goal of this research is to study the theoretical radiation shielding parameters of thulium doped zinc borotellurite glass. Based on the results, it is found that the best glass sample is the sample composition with 5% thulium oxide whereby it has the highest value for mass attenuation coefficient (MAC), linear attenuation coefficient (LAC), atomic cross section (ACS), electronic cross section (ECS) and effective atomic number (Zeff). The best glass sample with 5% thulium oxide also yields the results of the lowest half-value layer (HVL) and mean free path (MFP). Comparing the results of Phy-X and WinXCom, it is found that the deviation between the software is less than 5%. Also, when the results for each radiation shielding parameter of 5% thulium oxide are compared with other radiation shielding materials, significant results are found where the proposed glass sample provides better shielding against gamma radiation.

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Section: Mass Attenuation Coefficientmentioning

confidence: 88%

Theoretical Ionizing Radiation Shielding Parameters of Thulium Doped Zinc Borotellurite Glass

Rusni,

Laoding,

Amat

2024

E3S Web Conf.

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“…With vitrification, glasses containing heavy metal oxides (HMO) can reduce ionizing radiation hazards and keep radioactive waste chemically stable state for a long time [ 6 ]. Therefore, glasses provide transparent, light, and low-volume materials with better shielding properties [ 7 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

The Influence of Titanium Dioxide on Silicate-Based Glasses: An Evaluation of the Mechanical and Radiation Shielding Properties

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The mechanical and radiation shielding features were reported for a quaternary Na2O-CaO-SiO2-TiO2 glass system used in radiation protection. The fundamentals of the Makishima–Mazinize model were applied to evaluate the elastic moduli of the glass samples. The elastic moduli, dissociation energy, and packing density increased as TiO2 increased. The glasses’ dissociation energy increased from 62.82 to 65.33 kJ/cm3, while the packing factor slightly increased between 12.97 and 13.00 as the TiO2 content increased. The MCNP-5 code was used to evaluate the gamma-ray shielding properties. The best linear attenuation coefficient was achieved for glass samples with a TiO2 content of 9 mol%: the coefficient decreased from 5.20 to 0.14 cm−1 as the photon energy increased from 0.015 to 15 MeV.

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Evaluation of radiation shielding characteristics of transparent barium bismuth borosilicate glasses derived from rice husk ash

Pradhan,

Appikonda,

Gadige

2025

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

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Comparative Study of Radiation Shielding Parameters for Binary Oxide Glasses

Cited by 7 publications

References 9 publications

Theoretical Ionizing Radiation Shielding Parameters of Thulium Doped Zinc Borotellurite Glass

Theoretical Ionizing Radiation Shielding Parameters of Thulium Doped Zinc Borotellurite Glass

The Influence of Titanium Dioxide on Silicate-Based Glasses: An Evaluation of the Mechanical and Radiation Shielding Properties

Evaluation of radiation shielding characteristics of transparent barium bismuth borosilicate glasses derived from rice husk ash

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