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Abstract

The radiation shielding characteristics of samples from two TeO2 and Sb2O3-based basic glass groups were investigated in this research. TeO2 and Sb2O3-based glasses were determined in the research as six samples with a composition of 10WO3-(x)MoO3-(90 − x)(TeO2/Sb2O3) (x = 10, 20, 30). A general purpose MCNPX Monte Carlo code and Phy-X/PSD platform were used to estimate the radiation shielding characteristics. Accordingly, the linear and mass attenuation coefficients, half value layer, mean free path, variation of the effective atomic number with photon energy, exposure and built-up energy factors, and effective removal cross-section values were determined. It was determined that the results that were produced using the two different techniques were consistent. Based on the collected data, the most remarkable findings were found to be associated with the sample classified as T80 (10WO3 + 10MoO3 + 80TeO2). The current study showed that material density was as equally important as composition in modifying radiation shielding characteristics. With the T80 sample with the greatest density (5.61 g/cm3) achieving the best results. Additionally, the acquired findings were compared to the radiation shielding characteristics of various glass and concrete materials. Increasing the quantity of MoO3 additive, a known heavy metal oxide, in these TeO2 and Sb2O3-based glasses may have a detrimental impact on the change in radiation shielding characteristics.

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Title
Novel HMO-Glasses with Sb2O3 and TeO2 for Nuclear Radiation Shielding Purposes: A Comparative Analysis with Traditional and Novel Shields
Author
ALMisned, Ghada 1 ; Tekin, Huseyin Ozan 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Issa, Shams A M 3 ; Miray Çelikbilek Ersundu 4 ; Ersundu, Ali Erçin 4   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Kilic, Gokhan 5 ; Zakaly, Hesham M H 6   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Ene, Antoaneta 7   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Department of Physics, College of Science, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia; [email protected] 
 Department of Medical Diagnostic Imaging, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah 27272, United Arab Emirates; [email protected]; Medical Radiation Research Center (USMERA), Uskudar University, Istanbul 34672, Turkey 
 Physics Department, Faculty of Science, University of Tabuk, Tabuk 71451, Saudi Arabia; [email protected]; Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Assiut 71524, Egypt 
 Glass Research and Development Laboratory, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul 34220, Turkey; [email protected] (M.Ç.E.); [email protected] (A.E.E.) 
 Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Letters, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir 26040, Turkey; [email protected] 
 Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Assiut 71524, Egypt; Institute of Physics and Technology, Ural Federal University, 620000 Ekaterinburg, Russia 
 INPOLDE Research Center, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences and Environment, Physics and Environment, Dunarea de Jos University of Galati, 47 Domneasca Street, 800008 Galati, Romania 
First page
4330
Publication year
2021
Publication date
2021
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
19961944
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2558845178
Copyright
© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.