Abstract
Penta-glasses with a 59B2O3–29SiO2–2LiF–(\(10-x\)) ZnO–\(x\) TiO2 composition with the melt-quench techniques were prepared. X-ray diffraction was used to examine the nature of fabricated glasses. The changes in the structure of fabricated glasses were studied by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy spectra. The molar volume of fabricated glasses reduces as the density increases. The mechanical characteristics of these glasses were evaluated. Besides, for the studied glasses, Phy-X/PSD and XCOM program were used to investigate the radiation shielding efficiency. These glasses were found to have an abnormal attenuation, structural, and density relationship. Glasses' mass attenuation coefficient (MAC), linear attenuation coefficient (LAC), half-value layer (HVL), tenth value layer (TVL), and effective atomic number (Zeff) were designed to simulate gamma photon energies ranging from 0.015 to 15 meV. MAC values determined with Phy-X/PSD and XCOM were compared and were observed in good agreement with the other.
Highlights
Due to its remarkable features, such as good thermal stability, hardness, chemical stability, and so on, borosilicate glasses have become the best substitute for concrete shielding, and borosilicate glasses have improved physical characteristics like transparency and refractive index
The purposes of this research are to identify the attenuation proficiency of lithium fluoride zinc titanate borosilicate glasses using Phy-X/PSD [15] and XCOM software and to identify the mechanical and structure of these glasses to determine their suitability as gamma-ray shielding materials
FT-IR spectra are exemplified in Fig. 2 for titanium borosilicate glasses
Summary
Due to its remarkable features, such as good thermal stability, hardness, chemical stability, and so on, borosilicate glasses have become the best substitute for concrete shielding, and borosilicate glasses have improved physical characteristics like transparency and refractive index. For the development of optically transparent radiation shielding materials, significant numbers of glass research labs are rising day-by-day. The addition of TiO2 has been reported to increase the glass system's network stability and mechanical characteristics. The emergence of TiO2 into the glass network improved the glass's optical, mechanical, thermal, and shielding characteristics [12,13].
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