Investigations on physical, structural, elastic, optical and radiation shielding properties of boro-phosphate glasses for radioactive waste management applications

C Sasirekha, MKK Poojha, K Marimuthu… - Progress in Nuclear …, 2024 - Elsevier
The effectiveness of nuclear shielding has been investigated on Eu 3 doped boro-
phosphate glass matrix by altering the extent of modifier addition (CdF and ZnF), for a …

Nuclear radiation shielding characteristics and physical, optical, mechanical, and thermal properties of lithium-borotellurite glass doped with Rb2O

R Kurtulus, C Kurtulus, T Kavas - Progress in Nuclear Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The current paper addresses the influence of Rb 2 O in the lithium-borotellurite (LBT) glass
system for the first time. For this, the glass system (25-x) Li 2 O–15B 2 O 3–60TeO 2-xRb 2 O …

Mass attenuation coefficients, effective atomic numbers and electron densities of some contrast agents for computed tomography

MS Al-Buriahi, BT Tonguc - Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
In the clinical computed tomography (CT) examinations, a photon is attenuated as it passes
a patient by tissues and contrast agents (CAs). The CAs can increase the visibility of internal …

Radiation shielding investigations for selected tellurite-based glasses belonging to the TNW system

MS Al-Buriahi, KS Mann - Materials Research Express, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, we have investigated the properties of tellurite-based glass system in the form
(100-xy) TeO 2–xNbO 2.5-yWO 3, x= 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 mol% and y= 5 mol% for gamma and …

Structural and physical characterization study on synthesized tellurite (TeO2) and germanate (GeO2) glass shields using XRD, Raman spectroscopy, FLUKA and …

HO Tekin, LRP Kassab, SAM Issa, CD da Silva Bordon… - Optical Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
Using the well-known melt-quenching method, samples with the addition of 0.5 wt% of Nd 2
O 3 to the following compositions (in wt.%) were prepared: 85TeO 2–15ZnO (TZ), 85.0 TeO 2 …

Gamma ray shielding and structural properties of iron alkali alumino-phosphate glasses modified by PbO

A El-Taher, AM Ali, YB Saddeek, R Elsaman… - Radiation Physics and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The glasses with the chemical formula 55 P 2 O 5–5 Al 2 O 3-20 Na 2 O-(20-x) Fe 2 O 3-x
PbO (0≤ x≤ 20 mol%) as proposed shielding for gamma radiation were synthesized and …

Enhancing radiation shielding effectiveness: a comparative study of barium-doped tellurite glasses for gamma and neutron radiation protection

AH Alomari - Journal of Taibah University for Science, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This study investigated the radiation shielding performance of the xBaO-(30-x) TeO2-
35Bi2O3-35B2O3 glass system, where x= 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25, using Phy-X/PSD software …

Radiation attenuation properties of novel glass system using experimental and Geant4 simulation

MW Aladailah, OL Tashlykov, IA Shirmanov… - Radiation Physics and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study is to estimate the radiation shielding capacities of glass systems
with the system of 45 SiO 2–15 CaO–(40-x) BaO–(x) ZnO (where x= 0, 10, 20, 30, and 40 …

Evaluation of optical features and ionizing radiation shielding competences of TeO2–Li2O (TL) glasses via Geant4 simulation code and Phy-X/PSD program

R El-Mallawany, YS Rammah, FI El-Agawany, SM Lima… - Optical Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
Via this article, the optical features and ionizing radiation shielding competences of xTeO
2−(100− x) Li 2 O, where x= 70 to 95 in steps of 5 mol% glasses to be used in nuclear …

Mechanical and nuclear shielding properties of sodium cadmium borate glasses: Impact of cadmium oxide additive

YB Saddeek, SAM Issa, T Alharbi, K Aly, M Ahmad… - Ceramics …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, highly effective radiation shielding glass materials with different amount of CdO
additive were investigated in terms of nuclear shielding performance. Moreover, mechanical …