Conventional and new lead-free radiation shielding materials for radiation protection in nuclear medicine: A review

NJ AbuAlRoos, NAB Amin, R Zainon - Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
Gamma ray is an energetic ionising radiation that can damage living cells as it slows down
and transfers its energy to surrounding cells. Lead and concrete have been used as …

Nuclear shielding properties and buildup factors of Cr-based ferroalloys

JS Alzahrani, ZA Alrowaili, IO Olarinoye… - Progress in Nuclear …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper presents the radiation attenuation properties and buildup factors of ferroalloys
described by the chemical structure of Cr-Fe-Si-C. By using Geant4 Monte Carlo …

Exploring the radiation shielding properties of B2O3-PbO-TeO2-CeO2-WO3 glasses: a comprehensive study on structural, mechanical, gamma, and neutron …

BB Solak, B Aktas, D Yilmaz, S Kalecik, S Yalcin… - Materials Chemistry and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The objective of this study is to develop radiation-shielding glass materials with excellent
physical properties by incorporating varying amounts of WO 3 (x= 1, 3, 5, 10, 20 mol%) into …

EpiXS: A Windows-based program for photon attenuation, dosimetry and shielding based on EPICS2017 (ENDF/B-VIII) and EPDL97 (ENDF/B-VI. 8)

FC Hila, A Asuncion-Astronomo, CAM Dingle… - Radiation Physics and …, 2021 - Elsevier
A Windows-based application software called EpiXS (available at https://www. pnri. dost.
gov. ph/index. php/downloads/software/epixs) was constructed for photon attenuation …

Mechanical and radiation shielding properties of tellurite glasses doped with ZnO and NiO

MS Al-Buriahi, EM Bakhsh, B Tonguc, SB Khan - Ceramics International, 2020 - Elsevier
This study examines the basic mechanical parameters and radiation shielding properties of
(100− x) TeO 2+ xZnO+ 4NiO glasses (where x= 9.6, 19.2, 28.8, and 38.4 mol%) glass …

Fabrication, optical, structural and gamma radiation shielding characterizations of GeO2-PbO-Al2O3–CaO glasses

Y Al-Hadeethi, MI Sayyed, YS Rammah - Ceramics International, 2020 - Elsevier
x) GeO 2-xPbO-5Al 2 O 3–5CaO: 0≤ x≤ 40 mol%) glasses have been fabricated by
conventional melt quenching technique and coded as GACPb00 to GACPb40. The structure …

Effect of chromium oxide on the physical, optical, and radiation shielding properties of lead sodium borate glasses

MS Al-Buriahi, YSM Alajerami, AS Abouhaswa… - Journal of Non …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, we prepared lead sodium borate glasses modified with different amount of
chromium oxide according to (50-x) B 2 O 3+ 40PbO+ 10Na 2 O 2+ xCr 2 O 3, where x= 0 …

Mechanical features and radiation shielding properties of TeO2–Ag2O-WO3 glasses

MS Al-Buriahi, VP Singh, A Alalawi, C Sriwunkum… - Ceramics …, 2020 - Elsevier
This work aimed to investigate the mechanical features and radiation shielding properties of
(100–2x) TeO 2+ xAg2O+ xWO 3 (where x= 7.5, 15, 22.5, and 30 mol%) glass system …

Comprehensive study on structure, mechanical and nuclear shielding properties of lead free Sn–Zn–Bi alloys as a powerful radiation and neutron shielding material

A Saleh, RM Shalaby, NA Abdelhakim - Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Various compositions of 60Sn-(40-x) Zn–xBi (where x= 0, 10, 20, 30, 40 wt%)
rapidly solidified alloys have been prepared by melt-spinning technique. The structural and …

The effects of La2O3 addition on mechanical and nuclear shielding properties for zinc borate glasses using Monte Carlo simulation

IO Olarinoye, YS Rammah, S Alraddadi… - Ceramics …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Effects of La 2 O 3 addition on the mechanical and nuclear shielding properties of
zinc borate glasses with the form (55-x) ZnO-45B 2 O 3-xLa 2 O 3: x= 0, 2, 5, and 10 mol …