Abstract
Glass system with chemical formula: xBaO-(30 x)Fe2O3-10Li2O-30Bi2O3-30P2O5 mole% is prepared to be used as radiation shield. The mass attenuation coefficient, half value layer, the total atomic cross-section (σtot ) and the effective atomic number (Ze f f ) of the glass system to gamma rays have been measured experimentally and compared with those determined from theoretical calculations using the mixture rule of WinXCom program. A database of effective mass removal cross-sections for fast neutrons is also introduced in this work. These results indicate that glasses in the present study can be used as radiation shielding materials, the glass system with 15 mol% BaO is found to be superior gamma-ray and neutron shielding. The measurements are carried out to explore the advantages of that glass samples in different radiation shielding applications.
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