Broad analysis on physical, optical, and radiation attenuation properties of barium borosilicate glasses

IF 1.8 3区工程技术 Q3 CHEMISTRY, INORGANIC & NUCLEAR

Applied Radiation and Isotopes Pub Date : 2025-09-09 DOI:10.1016/j.apradiso.2025.112167

M.I. Sayyed , K.A. Naseer , S.A. Bassam , Mohammed S. Alqahtani

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Abstract

A borosilicate glasses, (75–x–y) B₂O₃ + 5Na₂O + xPbO + 20SiO₂ + yBaO (where x = y = 15, 20 and 25 mol %), were prepared by the melt-quenching process. The optical properties were investigated using a UV–Vis spectrophotometer. The mechanical properties indicate the firmness of the prepared multi-former glasses. The direct and indirect transitions’ band gap values were calculated, discussed and reported. The Phy-X software was used to investigate the radiation shielding properties in the 0.122–0.964 MeV energy range, corresponding to Eu-152 emissions. The mass attenuation coefficient (MAC) and linear attenuation coefficient (LAC) results show the glass has a high attenuation performance with 25 mol% of PbO and BaO. The results showed that the impact of PbO and BaO on the MAC and LAC is more obvious at 0.122 MeV. The TVL results suggested that an average thickness of 0.3 cm from the prepared glass is required to attenuate 90 % of the incoming radiation with an energy of 0.122 MeV. Among the prepared glasses, the glass with a composition of 25B₂O₃–5Na₂O–25PbO–20SiO₂–25BaO has the best radiation shielding performance.

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硼硅酸钡玻璃的物理、光学和辐射衰减特性的广泛分析。

采用熔融淬火法制备了（75-x-y） B2O3 + 5Na2O + xPbO + 20SiO2 + yBaO（其中x = y = 15,20和25mol %）硼硅酸盐玻璃。用紫外可见分光光度计对其光学性质进行了研究。力学性能表明所制备的复合层玻璃的坚固性。对直接跃迁和间接跃迁的带隙值进行了计算、讨论和报道。利用Phy-X软件研究了与Eu-152辐射对应的0.122-0.964 MeV能量范围内的辐射屏蔽性能。质量衰减系数（MAC）和线性衰减系数（LAC）结果表明，当PbO和BaO含量为25 mol%时，玻璃具有良好的衰减性能。结果表明，PbO和BaO对MAC和LAC的影响在0.122 MeV时更为明显。TVL结果表明，制备的玻璃平均厚度为0.3 cm，可衰减能量为0.122 MeV的入射辐射的90%。在所制备的玻璃中，25B2O3-5Na2O-25PbO-20SiO2-25BaO组成的玻璃具有最佳的辐射屏蔽性能。

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Applied Radiation and Isotopes 工程技术-核科学技术

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3.00

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12.50%

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406

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13.5 months

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