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Transmission factors, mechanical, and gamma ray attenuation properties of barium-phosphate-tungsten glasses: Incorporation impact of WO3
- Source :
- Optik
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2022.
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Abstract
- The purpose of this study is to conduct a thorough examination of the direct and indirect impacts of increasing the quantity of heavy WO3 on gamma-ray transmission, shielding and mechanical properties for some selected barium-phosphate-tungsten glasses. Accordingly, mechanical properties of barium-phosphate-tungsten oxides with chemical formula (50-x)P2O5-50BaO-xWO3 (x = 0.0(S1), 5.0(S2), 10(S3), and 15(S4)) mol% was evaluated using Makishima-Mackenzie model. Next, newly online Phy-X/PSD software and Monte Carlo code were used to examine the gamma radiation characteristics. Gamma-ray transmission factor (TF) values were calculated for S1, S2, S3 and, S4 glass samples for a range of well-known radioisotope energies such for 67Ga, 57Co-57, 111In-111, 133Ba, 201Tl, 99 mTc, 51Cr, 131I, 58Co, 137Cs, 60Co. The total packing density (Vt) was enhanced from 0.589 for S1 glass sample (free with WO3) to 0.605 for S4 glass sample (with highest WO3 =15 mol%). The total energy dissociation (Gt) of the investigated glasses was increased with increasing the WO3 content: from 51.7 (kJ/cm3) for S1 glasses to 52.45 (kJ/cm3) for S4 glasses. All mechanical moduli were improved with increasing the tungsten trioxide concentration in the studied glasses. Poisson's ratios were increased with increasing the WO3 concentration. The trend of linear (LAC) and mass attenuation (MAC) coefficients were followed as: (LAC, MAC) S1 < (LAC, MAC) S2 < (LAC, MAC) S3 < (LAC, MAC) S4. Half (HVL) and tenth (TVL) value layers have the trend as (HVL, TVL) S1 > (HVL, TVL) S2 > (HVL, TVL) S3 > (HVL, TVL) S4. The effective atomic number (Zeff) and electron density (Neff) have the same trend. The lowest transmission Factor (TF) values for all glass specimens were examined at a thickness of 3 cm. Furthermore, the S4 sample displayed the least transmission tendency across all glass thicknesses evaluated. © 2022 The Authors Princess Nourah bint Abdul Rahman University Researchers Supporting Project Number (PNURSP2022R149).
- Subjects :
- GAMMA RAYS
GAMMA-RAY ATTENUATION
Radiation Shielding
RADIATION SHIELDING
BARIUM PHOSPHATE
BAO- P2O5- WO3 GLASS SYSTEM
GAMMA-RAYS
GLASS SAMPLES
GLASS
ATTENUATION PROPERTIES
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
BaO- P2O5- WO3 Glass System
GLASS SYSTEMS
BARIUM COMPOUNDS
DIRECT AND INDIRECT IMPACTS
MECHANICAL
Mechanical Properties
TRANSMISSIONS
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
MCNPX
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00304026
- Volume :
- 267
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Optik
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....0a13d251e8c34ff63a9fa16397bfbd63
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijleo.2022.169643