Abstract
Appropriate glass systems can provide efficient transparent radiation shielding. The current study involved the preparation of the glass system with a composition of xEu2O3-(15-x)ZnO-10CaO-35PbO-40P2O5 (where x = 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4 wt.% Eu2O3). The formation of the glass phase was confirmed using X-ray diffraction (XRD). The study analyzed physical and structural parameters, such as optical conductivity (σopt), refractive index (n), and optical band gap (Eg), with the amount of Eu2O3. The findings indicate that the optical band gap increased as the Eu2O3 content increased. Additionally, a decrease in Urbach energy (EU) was observed, suggesting an improvement in the orderliness of the glass. The study also determined various parameters for gamma-ray shielding, including mass attenuation coefficient (μm), effective atomic number (Zeff), and kerma coefficient (k). For neutron shielding characteristics, the macroscopic effective removal cross-section (ΣR) of fast neutrons was calculated.
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