Newly Developed Vanadium-Based Glasses and Their Potential for Nuclear Radiation Shielding Aims: A Monte Carlo Study on Gamma Ray Attenuation Parameters

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate different types of glasses based on the 46V2O5-46P2O5-(8-x) B2O3-xCuO system in terms of their nuclear radiation shielding properties. Accordingly, five different CuO-doped vanadate glasses were investigated extensively to determine the necessary gamma shielding parameters along with effective conductivity at 300,000 and buildup factors. Phy-x PSD software was used for determination of these vital parameters. Furthermore, these parameters, such as half value layer, tenth value layer, and mean free path were investigated in a broad energy range between 0.015 and 15 MeV. The results revealed that the amount of CuO reinforced in each sample plays an essential role in determination of the shielding abilities of the samples. The sample with the highest CuO content had the highest linear attenuation coefficient and mass attenuation coefficient values. Additionally, the lowest mean free path, half value layer, and tenth value layer values were recorded for glass sample VPCu8. There was an inverse relation between the effective conductivity and effective atomic number and photon energy; that is, as energy increases, the effective conductivity and effective atomic number decreased rapidly, especially in the regions of low energy. Glass sample VPCu8 reported the highest values for both parameters. Moreover, glass sample VPCu8 had the lowest exposure buildup factor and energy absorption buildup factor values. Our findings showed that CuO-reinforced vanadate glass composition, namely 46V2O5-46P2O5-8CuO, with a glass density of 2.9235 g/cm3, was reported to have superior gamma ray attenuation properties. These results would be helpful for scientists in determining the most appropriate additive rare earth type, as well as the most appropriate glass composition, to offer shielding characteristics similar to those described above, taking into consideration the criteria for usage and the needs of the community. The results of this research will be useful to the scientific community in evaluating the prospective characteristics of CuO-doped glass systems and related glass compositions. CuO-doped glass systems and associated glass compositions have a wide range of properties.

X‐Ray Shielding Performance and Characterization of Electrospun PVC/Bismuth(III) Oxide Nanocomposites

“…Addition of Bi 2 O 3 in polymer solution lead to decrease on average fiber diameter. By considering same solution preparation conditions and identical process parameters applied in electrospinning process, occurence of beading formation in some samples was correlated with keeping total mass concentration at lower bound of advisable PVC electrospinning concentration [40–44] …”

“…By considering same solution preparation conditions and identical process parameters applied in electrospinning process, occurence of beading formation in some samples was correlated with keeping total mass concentration at lower bound of advisable PVC electrospinning concentration. [40][41][42][43][44] In order to observe the presence of Bi 2 O 3 microparticles in PVC nanofibers, the chemical composition was analyzed by using energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) attached to scanning electron microscope (SEM). It was seen that Bi 2 O 3 microparticles were successfully adapted into PVC/Bi 2 O 3 electrospun fibers.…”

A Comprehensive Evaluation of the Attenuation Characteristics of Some Sliding Bearing Alloys under 0.015–15 MeV Gamma-Ray Exposure

“…The total photon interaction cross-section ( σ t ) of the samples was calculated with the help of the µ m according to the following equation [ 30 , 31 ]: where is the molecular weight of the sample, A i is the atomic weight of the i -th element, n i is the number of the formula units of a molecule, and N A is the Avogadro’s number. Effective atomic cross-section, σ a , was calculated using the following equation [ 32 ]: Total electronic cross-section, σ e , was calculated by: where f i indicates the fractional abundance of the element i and Z i is the atomic number of the constituent element. The effective atomic numbers ( Z eff ) are related to σ a and σ e through the following equation [ 32 , 33 ]: …”

“…Effective atomic cross-section, σ a , was calculated using the following equation [ 32 ]: Total electronic cross-section, σ e , was calculated by: where f i indicates the fractional abundance of the element i and Z i is the atomic number of the constituent element. The effective atomic numbers ( Z eff ) are related to σ a and σ e through the following equation [ 32 , 33 ]: …”

Trivalent Ions and Their Impacts on Effective Conductivity at 300 K and Radio-Protective Behaviors of Bismo-Borate Glasses: A Comparative Investigation for Al, Y, Nd, Sm, Eu

“…The effective conductivity C eff (s/m) [ 38 ] of a shielding-material for attenuation at room temperature (300 K) is related to the effective number of electrons (N eff ) by the following Equation (6): …”