Comparison of radiation shielding and elastic properties of germinate tellurite glasses with the addition of Ga2O3.
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2022
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Thecurrent researchelucidatesthenuclearshieldingcapacityofgerminatetelluriteglasses: 41.7GeO2–41.7TeO2–16.6Ga2O3,37.5GeO2–62.5TeO2,10.4GeO2–72.9TeO2–16.7Ga2O3and12.5 GeO–87.5TeO2. Gamma-ray photon, fast neutron and electron shielding parameters of the present glassy materials were evaluated and studied via the Geant4Monte Carlo, Phy-X/PSD software, ESTAR and analytic computations. In addition, Makishima–Mackenzie’s
theory was applied to assess the elastic properties of the studied tellurite glass systemcontainingGa2O3 and/or GeO2. The effective atomic number of the glasses varies from19.14to44.08for41.7GeO2–41.7TeO2–16.6Ga2O3,20.63–48.02for37.5GeO2–62.5TeO2, 21.15–48.15 for 10.4GeO2–72.9TeO2–16.7Ga2O3 and 22.42–50.29 for 12.5GeO2–87.5TeO2. The obtained fast neutron removal cross sections of the glasses were 0.0991, 0.0966, 0.1024and0.1021cm−1,respectively,for41.7GeO2–41.7TeO2–16.6Ga2O3,37.5GeO2–62.5TeO2,
10.4GeO2–72.9TeO2–16.7Ga2O3 and 12.5GeO2–87.5TeO2. Also, an equilibrium is reached between total stoppingpower (TSP)due to radiation and collision for electron sate nergy =1.0MeVwherethe TSPwasminimumin theinvestigated glasses. Computed Young’s modulus for37.5GeO2–62.5TeO2wasthelowestwithavalueof0.218GPawhiletheother three
glasssampleshavealmostequalvalueof0.226GPa.Thepresentglasses’shieldingabilityout
classedsomeconventionalshields,hencehavepotentialforradiationsafety/shieldingpurposes
innuclearfacilities
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60. Alfryyan, N., Alrowaili, Z. A., Somaily, H. H., Olarinoye, I. O., Alwadai, N., Mutuwong, C., & Al-Buriahi, M. S. (2022). Comparison of radiation shielding and elastic properties of germinate tellurite glasses with the addition of Ga2O3. Journal of Taibah University for Science, 16(1), 183-192. https://doi.org/10.1080/16583655.2022.2038468