Is blast furnace slag suitable for the production of radiation shielding glass?

IF 2.8 3区物理与天体物理 Q3 CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL

Radiation Physics and Chemistry Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI:10.1016/j.radphyschem.2024.112496

Cansu Karakaya, Ediz Ercenk, Senol Yilmaz

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Abstract

This study examined the physical and radiation shielding properties of compounds formed by adding 0–50 wt % Bi2O3 to blast furnace slag. Physical properties: density included molar volume, oxygen molar volume, and oxygen packing density were calculated. The radiation protection properties of the prepared glasses were calculated theoretically using Phy-X/PSD software. Experimental shielding measurements were also made at some energy levels to verify the shielding values. The addition of Bi2O3 increased the composition density from 2.87 to 4.54 g/cm3. Mass attenuation coefficient (MAC) results showed increased radiation shielding performance with adding Bi2O3. While the highest MAC value for the pure composition was 1.222 cm2/g, the lowest was calculated as 0.054 cm2/g for the sample with 50% Bi2O3 added by weight. In addition, effective atomic charge (Zeff) and electron densities (Neff) were also determined, and it was observed that these values increased significantly with the addition of Bi2O3. Fast neutron removal cross-section values of the compositions were determined and compared with some commercial/alternative shielding materials.

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Radiation Physics and Chemistry 化学-核科学技术

CiteScore

5.60

自引率

17.20%

发文量

574

审稿时长

12 weeks

期刊介绍： Radiation Physics and Chemistry is a multidisciplinary journal that provides a medium for publication of substantial and original papers, reviews, and short communications which focus on research and developments involving ionizing radiation in radiation physics, radiation chemistry and radiation processing. The journal aims to publish papers with significance to an international audience, containing substantial novelty and scientific impact. The Editors reserve the rights to reject, with or without external review, papers that do not meet these criteria. This could include papers that are very similar to previous publications, only with changed target substrates, employed materials, analyzed sites and experimental methods, report results without presenting new insights and/or hypothesis testing, or do not focus on the radiation effects.