Electromagnetic-Ray Absorption Using B2O3-PbO-Na2O Glass Mixtures as Radiation Protection Shields
Taqi, A., Salih, A., Ibrahim, A. (2022). Electromagnetic-Ray Absorption Using B2O3-PbO-Na2O Glass Mixtures as Radiation Protection Shields. EKB Journal Management System, 55(1), 53-61. doi: 10.21608/ajnsa.2021.74814.1469
Ali Hussein Taqi; Ali Salih; Azeldeen Ibrahim. "Electromagnetic-Ray Absorption Using B2O3-PbO-Na2O Glass Mixtures as Radiation Protection Shields". EKB Journal Management System, 55, 1, 2022, 53-61. doi: 10.21608/ajnsa.2021.74814.1469
Taqi, A., Salih, A., Ibrahim, A. (2022). 'Electromagnetic-Ray Absorption Using B2O3-PbO-Na2O Glass Mixtures as Radiation Protection Shields', EKB Journal Management System, 55(1), pp. 53-61. doi: 10.21608/ajnsa.2021.74814.1469
Taqi, A., Salih, A., Ibrahim, A. Electromagnetic-Ray Absorption Using B2O3-PbO-Na2O Glass Mixtures as Radiation Protection Shields. EKB Journal Management System, 2022; 55(1): 53-61. doi: 10.21608/ajnsa.2021.74814.1469

Electromagnetic-Ray Absorption Using B2O3-PbO-Na2O Glass Mixtures as Radiation Protection Shields

Arab Journal of Nuclear Sciences and Applications
Article 5, Volume 55, Issue 1, January 2022, Page 53-61  XML PDF (939.32 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ajnsa.2021.74814.1469
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Authors
Ali Hussein Taqi email orcid 1; Ali Salih2; Azeldeen Ibrahim2
1Physics Departement, College of Science, Kirkuk University
2Department of Physics, College of Science, Kirkuk University, Kirkuk, Iraq.
Abstract
In this work, Lead Borate glass system doped with sodium is prepared and fabricated using the melt-quenching technique. The glasses are prepared based on the empirical formula of xPbO, (80-x) B2O3, 20Na2O (where x=0, 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50). The densities of the samples are measured with the Archimedes method by using Benzene as an immersion liquid. The radiation shielding parameters of the prepared glass samples have been measured experimentally and calculated theoretically. The experimental mass attenuation coefficients are obtained by using a shielded NaI(Tl) detector at photon energies 511, 662, and 1173 keV of the radioactive sources 22Na, 137Cs, and 60Co respectively, where collimators of aperture diameter 3 mm are used to ensure that the detector absorbs a narrow beam of gamma rays. The calculated mass attenuation coefficients (µm), half-value layer (HVL), mean free path (MFP), effective atomic number (Zeff), effective electron density (Neff), atomic cross-section (σa), electron cross-section (σe) radiation protection efficiency (RPE) are performed theoretically by using WinXCom and Phy-X/PSD computer programs in the energy range from 1 keV to 1 GeV. The calculated parameters of the investigated glasses have been compared with the measured experimental values
Keywords
Shielding properties; Glass; mass attenuation coefficient; WinXCom; Phy-X/PSD
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