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Structural and performance radiation protection the phosphate glasses contain: Te, K, Al, Nb-doped with rare earth

M. S. Alqahtani^a,b,c,*, F. Alqahtani^d, A. M. Almarhaby^e, K. I. Hussain^a,f, Y. Khalid^a, H. Almohiy^b, I. S. Yaha^c,g, El S. Yousef^c,d

a Research Center for Advanced Materials Science (RCAMS), King Khalid University, Postcode: 9004, Zip code: 61413, Abha, Saudi Arabia
b Radiological Science Department – Faculty of Applied Medical Science – King Khalid University, Zip code 61413, P. O. Box 9004, Abha, Saudi Arabia
c BioImaging Unit, Space Research Centre, Michael Atiyah Building, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, U.K.
d Department of Radiological Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Najran University, Najran 1988, Saudi Arabia
e Radiology Department, King Fahd General Hospital, Postcode: 23325, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
f Department of Medical Physics and Instrumentation, National Cancer Institute, University of Gezira, Wad Medani 20, Sudan
g Nanoscience Laboratory for Environmental and Bio-Medical Applications (NLEBA), Semiconductor Lab., Metallurgical Lab. 2 Physics Department, Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University, Roxy, Zip Code11757, Cairo, Egypt

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Chalcogenide Letters 2023, 20(1), 43-54. https://doi.org/10.15251/CL.2023.201.43

Received 02 May 2022; Accepted 11 January 2023;

Abstract

Because of the increased use of ionizing radiation, radiation management and security procedures are now regarded a standard part of many therapeutic and specialist fields. The focus of this work is on the radiation security features of Novel Oxide Glass (PZBKTANEr). The unique glass assembly is 40P2O5-30ZnO- 20BaF2-3.8K2TeO3- 1.2Al2O3-5Nb2O5-3Er2O3 in mol percent (test code PZBKTANEr). For the suggested oxide glass, several radiation shielding characteristics have been investigated for a specific energy range of ionizing radiation. The linear and mass attenuation coefficients, mean free path, half-value layer, total nuclear and electronic cross-sections, and fast neutron expulsion cross-section are among the radiation shielding properties. Furthermore, the unique fabricated glass (PZBKTANEr) was compared to commonly used radiation protection compositions, such as RS-253 G18, RS-360, RS-520, Chromite, Ferrite, Magnetite, and Barite glass, as well as RS-253 G18, RS-360, RS-520, Chromite, Ferrite, Magnetite, and Barite glass. Also, we studied the structure of fabrication by using Raman spectra. The findings suggest that the new oxide glass might be used in a broad variety of ionizing radiation applications for protection in both therapeutic and industrial applications.

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