Investigation of radiation shielding properties for MeO-PbCl2-TeO2 (MeO = Bi2O3, MoO3, Sb2O3, WO3, ZnO) glasses

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Sayyed M. I., Çelikbilek Ersundu M., Ersundu A. E., Lakshminarayana G., Kostka P.

RADIATION PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY, vol.144, pp.419-425, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 144
  • Publication Date: 2018
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2017.10.005
  • Journal Name: RADIATION PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.419-425
  • Keywords: Tellurite glasses, XCOM, Radiation shielding, Mass attenuation coefficient, Exposure buildup factor, EXPOSURE BUILDUP FACTORS, METAL OXIDE GLASSES, HALF VALUE LAYER, ATTENUATION COEFFICIENTS, ENERGY-ABSORPTION, GAMMA-RAYS, BORATE, CONDUCTIVITY, COMPETENCE, PARAMETERS
  • Yıldız Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

In this work, glasses in the MeO-PbCl2-TeO2 (MeO = Bi2O3, MoO3, Sb2O3, WO3, ZnO) system, which show a great potential for optoelectronic applications, were used to evaluate their resistance under high energy ionizing radiations. The basic shielding quantities for determining the penetration of radiation in glass, such as mass attenuation coefficient (mu/rho), half value layer (HVL), mean free path (MFP) and exposure buildup factor (EBF) values were investigated within the energy range 0.015 MeV - 15 MeV using XCOM program and variation of shielding parameters were compared with different glass systems and ordinary concrete. From the derived results, it was determined that MeO-PbCl2-TeO2 (MeO = Bi2O3, MoO3, Sb2O3, WO3, ZnO) glasses show great potentiality to be used under high energy radiations. Among the studied glass compositions, Bi2O3 and WO3 containing glasses were found to possess superior gamma-ray shielding effectiveness.