Abstract
(Tl2O3)30-(Li2O)10-(B2O3)(60−y)-(Sm2O3)y glass system with various Sm2O3 additives (y = 0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6) was studied in detail. The vibrational modes of the (Tl2O3)30-(Li2O)10-(B2O3)(60−y) network were active at three composition-related IR spectral peaks that differed from those mixed with Samarium (III) oxide at high wavenumber ranges. These glass samples show that their permeability increased with the Samarium (III) oxide content increase. Additionally, the electronic transition between localized states was observed in the samples. The MAC, HVL, and Zeff values for radiation shielding parameters were calculated in the energy range of 0.015–15 MeV using the FLUKA algorithm. In addition, EBF, EABF, and ΣR values were also determined for the prepared glasses. These values indicated that the parameters for shielding (MAC, HVL, Zeff, EBF, EABF, and ΣR) are dependent upon the Samarium (III) oxide content. Furthermore, the addition of Samarium (III) oxide to the examined glass samples greatly reinforced their shielding capacity against gamma photon. The findings of the current study were compared to analyses of the XCOM software, some concretes, and lead. In the experiment, it was found that the SMG0.6 glass sample was the strongest shield.
Highlights
Radioactivity is created by naturally occurring radioactive sources
The vibration-manners of the 60B2 O3 -30Tl2 O3 -10Li2 O glass system are effective at three different IR spectral peaks in the high range of wavenumber (Figure 3)
In the examined glass samples, an increase of 15% to 30% is observed in the transmittance values, with the Samarium (III) oxide weight content increasing from 0% to Absorbance of glass samples
Summary
Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. The vibrational modes of the (Tl2 O3 )30 -(Li2 O)10 -(B2 O3 )(60−y) network were active at three composition-related IR spectral peaks that differed from those mixed with Samarium (III) oxide at high wavenumber ranges. These glass samples show that their permeability increased with the Samarium (III) oxide content increase. EBF, EABF, and ΣR values were determined for the prepared glasses These values indicated that the parameters for shielding (MAC, HVL, Zeff , EBF, EABF, and ΣR ) are dependent upon the Samarium (III) oxide content.
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