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Investigation of the physical properties and gamma-ray shielding capability of borate glasses containing PbO, Al2O3 and Na2O

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Six glass samples of new lead borate with chemical formula 5Al2O3–5Na2O–(90-x)B2O3–xPbO, where 0 ≤ x ≤ 50 mol% have been synthesized using the melt quenching technique. The prepared glasses distinguished by codes as x = 0 (ANBP00)—x = 50 (ANBP50) mol%. The physical properties and gamma-ray shielding capability of the glasses have been investigated. To achieve these aims, the amorphous structure of all glasses was examined using X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements. The density and molar volume have been calculated. Density of the glasses increases from 2.133 (g/cm3) for ANBP00 glass sample to 5.010 (g/cm3) for ANBP50 sample. The XMuDat and XCOM programs were used to calculate the mass attenuation coefficient (μ/ρ) in the photon energy range of 0.015–10 MeV for all glasses. The difference between the obtained values of XMuDat and XCOM is found to be less than 1%. Half value layer (HVL), effective atomic number (Zeff), and mean free path (MFP) as γ-ray shielding features have been evaluated using values of the (μ/ρ) for all proposed glasses. Results reveal that ANBP50 and ANBP00 samples possess a maximum Zeff and a minimum Zeff, respectively. Indeed, ANBP50 glass has lowest values of (HVL) and (MFP). Therefore, addition of PbO content in the prepared glasses has a considerable effect to improve the shielding effectiveness for these glasses. Finally, ANBP50 glass can be considered as a promising candidate for gamma-ray protection applications among different types of concretes, commercial glasses, and HMO glasses.

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The authors would like to express his deep thanks appreciation to Prof. B. T. Tonguc, vice rector of Sakarya University, Turkey and Prof. R. El-Mallawany, Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Menoufia University, Egypt for their great support providing and all facilities necessary during this work.

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Al-Buriahi, M.S., Rammah, Y.S. Investigation of the physical properties and gamma-ray shielding capability of borate glasses containing PbO, Al2O3 and Na2O. Appl. Phys. A 125, 717 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-019-3020-z

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