Role of heavy metal oxides on the radiation attenuation properties of newly developed TBBE-X glasses by computational methods.
| dc.contributor.author | Al-Buriahi, M. S., Alzahrani, J. S., | |
| dc.contributor.author | OLARINOYE, OYELEKE | |
| dc.contributor.author | Akyildirim, H., Alomairy, S., Kebaili, I., ... & Mutuwong, C. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-04-29T05:35:08Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Geant4simulationsandseveraltheoreticalapproachessuchasWinXCOMandESTARwereusedin this worktounderstandtheroleofheavymetaloxidesontheradiationattenuationfeaturesofnewly developedTBBE-Xglasseswhichareintheformof19.5TeO2-30B2O3-30BaO-0.5Er2O3-20X.HereXstandsforSrO,Al2O3,CdO,ZnO,PbOandBi2O3.AccordingtoX(modifieroxide),theglasssamples werelabelledasTBBE-S,TBBE-A,TBBE-C,TBBE-Z,TBBE-P,andTBBE-B.Variousattenuation features suchasmassattenuationcoefficient(MAC),buildupfactors,equivalentandeffectiveatomic numbers,halfvaluelayer(HVL),andneutroncrosssectionwereinvestigated.Theinclusionofhigh atomicnumberanddenseatomsinthemodifiers(PbOandBi2O3)inTBBE-PandTBBE-Bexplains whytheenergyfortheonsetofincrementinMACwasearliestamongtheinvestigatedglasses.Ata photonenergyof15keV,HVLof TBBE-S,TBBE-A,TBBE-Z,TBBE-C,TBBE-P,andTBBE-Bwere 4.67, 5.02, 4.40,3.91,3.53, and3.31cmrespectively.ItisfoundthattheTBBE-Xglasseshave promisingshieldingpropertiesagainstgammaradiationcomparingtodifferentspeciesofcommercial glasses andconcrete.TheoutcomesalsorevealthattheTBBE-Xspecimensarecomparativelybetter shields against fastneutroncomparedtoclassicalshieldslikegraphite,water,andordinaryconcrete. Therefore,theTBBE-Xglasseshavepromisingshieldingpropertiesandcanbeappliedinshielding applications againstgammaraysandneutronsbeam | |
| dc.identifier.citation | 42. Al-Buriahi, M. S., Alzahrani, J. S., Olarinoye, I. O., Akyildirim, H., Alomairy, S., Kebaili, I., ... & Mutuwong, C. (2021). Role of heavy metal oxides on the radiation attenuation properties of newly developed TBBE-X glasses by computational methods. Physica Scripta, 96(7), 075302. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://repository.futminna.edu.ng:4000/handle/123456789/1210 | |
| dc.title | Role of heavy metal oxides on the radiation attenuation properties of newly developed TBBE-X glasses by computational methods. | |
| dc.type | Article |