Effect of Al2O3, RHF, and RHA on gamma shielding and mechanical properties of TeO2-Based glass using Phy-X/PSD

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Progress in Nuclear Energy Pub Date : 2025-04-05 DOI:10.1016/j.pnucene.2025.105767

Floressy Juhim , Fuei Pien Chee , Asmahani Awang , Saafie Salleh , Muhammad Izzuddin Rumaling , Amani Alalawi , M.S. Al-Buriahi

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Abstract

Radiation attenuation behaviour of TeO₂–ZnO–Bi₂O₃–Na₂O–Er₂O₃ with the addition of Al₂O₃ nanoparticles (NP), rice husk fibre (RHF), and rice husk ash (RHA) was investigated using Phy-X/PSD software. The mass attenuation coefficients of the chosen glasses were measured from 0.015 to 3 MeV. The results showed that increasing the RHF concentration of the glasses or decreasing the Al₂O₃ component of the glass system enhances the mass attenuation coefficient of the material. At low energy, there is a significant difference between the mass attenuation coefficients values of the samples with the lowest and highest Al₂O₃ content, where the difference is 0.05118 cm²/g at 0.015 MeV. TZNERHF had higher mass attenuation coefficients (0.05402 cm²/g), and TZNETiAl8 had the highest mass attenuation coefficients, with a value of 0.05357 cm²/g at 1.173 MeV. The results showed a decreasing trend in the half-value layer (HVL), tenth value layer (TVL), and mean free path (MFP) when the density increased from 5.12555 to 5.23882 g/cm³ and attenuation ability improved. Subsequently, the influence of Al₂O₃ on Zeff values became more considerable as Zeff values increased. The shielding qualities of their glass samples are also superior to commercial window glass and common shielding concrete. Thus, the glass samples can be used with excellent advantage as radiation shielding materials. The findings showed that adding RHF and lower Al₂O₃ enhanced the studied samples' radiation shielding properties. The results show that the TZNERHF glass sample has the highest mechanical properties. Thus, the TZNERHF sample is better than the other glass samples.

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Al2O3、RHF和RHA对Phy-X/PSD teo2基玻璃屏蔽和力学性能的影响

采用Phy-X/PSD软件研究了Al2O3纳米颗粒（NP）、稻壳纤维（RHF）和稻壳灰（RHA）对teo2 - zno - bi2o3 - na20 - er2o3的辐射衰减行为。所选玻璃的质量衰减系数在0.015 ~ 3mev之间。结果表明，增加玻璃的RHF浓度或降低玻璃体系中Al2O3的含量均能提高材料的质量衰减系数。低能时，Al2O3含量最低和最高样品的质量衰减系数值存在显著差异，在0.015 MeV时，差异为0.05118 cm2/g。TZNERHF的质量衰减系数较高（0.05402 cm2/g），而TZNETiAl8的质量衰减系数最高，在1.173 MeV时达到0.05357 cm2/g。结果表明，当密度从5.12555 g/cm3增加到5.23882 g/cm3时，半值层（HVL）、十值层（TVL）和平均自由程（MFP）呈下降趋势，衰减能力增强；随后，随着Zeff值的增大，Al2O3对Zeff值的影响越来越大。其玻璃样品的屏蔽性能也优于商品窗玻璃和普通屏蔽混凝土。因此，玻璃样品可以作为辐射屏蔽材料使用，具有优异的优势。结果表明，添加RHF和低浓度Al2O3可提高样品的辐射屏蔽性能。结果表明，TZNERHF玻璃样品具有最高的力学性能。因此，TZNERHF样品优于其他玻璃样品。

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Progress in Nuclear Energy 工程技术-核科学技术

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5.30

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14.80%

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331

审稿时长

3.5 months

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