Exploring the FTIR, Optical and Nuclear Radiation Shielding Properties of Samarium-Borate Glass: A Characterization through Experimental and Simulation Methods

Abstract

(Tl2O3)30-(Li2O)10-(B2O3)(60−y)-(Sm2O3)y glass system with various Sm2O3 additives (y = 0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6) was studied in detail. The vibrational modes of the (Tl2O3)30-(Li2O)10-(B2O3)(60−y) network were active at three composition-related IR spectral peaks that differed from those mixed with Samarium (III) oxide at high wavenumber ranges. These glass samples show that their permeability increased with the Samarium (III) oxide content increase. Additionally, the electronic transition between localized states was observed in the samples. The MAC, HVL, and Zeff values for radiation shielding parameters were calculated in the energy range of 0.015–15 MeV using the FLUKA algorithm. In addition, EBF, EABF, and ΣR values were also determined for the prepared glasses. These values indicated that the parameters for shielding (MAC, HVL, Zeff, EBF, EABF, and ΣR) are dependent upon the Samarium (III) oxide content. Furthermore, the addition of Samarium (III) oxide to the examined glass samples greatly reinforced their shielding capacity against gamma photon. The findings of the current study were compared to analyses of the XCOM software, some concretes, and lead. In the experiment, it was found that the SMG0.6 glass sample was the strongest shield.

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“…Meanwhile, it should be noted that the term of half value layer has an inverse relationship with the linear attenuation coefficients. In other word, one can expect lower half value layer values from the materials with higher linear attenuation coefficient [58][59][60][61]. Fortunately, our finding has confirmed the given statement by highlighting the T 1/2 values for the TBLC20.…”

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“…Consequently, one may compute the accumulation factor as the ratio of the total exposure to the un-collided dose-response [ 37 ]. Additionally, there are two main types of buildup factors that can be listed as the exposure buildup factor (EBF) and the energy absorption buildup factor (EABF) [ 38 , 39 ].…”

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