Effect of Ag2O/V2O5substitution ontheradiation shielding ability of tellurite glass system via XCOM approachand and FLUKAsimulationS

Abstract

ThisstudyfocusesontheeffectofAg2O/V2O5substitutionontheradiationshieldingabilityoftellurite glass systemwiththechemicalcompositionofxAg2O+40TeO2+(60−x)V2O5with0<x< 50mol%.FLUKAcodewassuccessfullyemployedforsimulationtheradiationinteractionparameters of theglass systems.Theresultsofthesimulationswerecomparablewiththepredicationsoftheory. Thereafter, several empirical equationswereusedtostudytheshieldingabilityoftheglasssystemsagainst neutronsandchargedparticles.Theresultsindicatethatlinearattenuationcoefficientchangeswithenergy andreachesmaximumat0.6MeV(minimumat10MeV)withthevaluesof0.2806(0.109),0.3181(0.121), 0.3771(0.1498),0.409(0.168),0.4588(0.1911),and0.5162(0.2180)forx=0,10,20,30,40,and50mol%, respectively. Beyond5MeV,thegammarayconstantwasfoundintheorderof G = x 50 ( ) > G = x 40 ( ) > G = x 30 ( ) > G = x 20 ( ) > G = x 10 ( ) > G = . x 0 ( ) Forallthechargedparticles,theprojectilerangewasnotedin the orderof(R)x=0>(R)x=10>(R)x=20>(R)x=30>(R)x=40>(R)x=50.Finally,weprovidean extensive comparativestudybetweenAVT-glasssystemsandstandardtraditionalmaterials.Theobtained resultssuggestthesampleofx=50mol%asthebestphoton,fastneutronandchargedparticleshield amongstthepresentglasssystems.Hence,AVT6couldbeusedinradiationsafetyapplicationsasashield