In this paper, new lead borate glass system in the chemical form of 40B2O3–40PbO–20Li2O3–xZrO2; where x = 0, 0.25, 0.50, 1, and 1.5 mol% has been synthesized. Gamma-ray shielding properties of these glasses have been tested in terms of mass attenuation coefficient (μ/ρ), half value layer (HVL), effective atomic number (Zeff), mean free path (MFP), and exposure build-up factor (EBF). The μ/ρ values of the prepared glasses were generated by FLUKA Monte Carlo simulations over an extended energy range of 0.015–15 MeV, and then, the generated data were verified using the calculated values of XCOM software. The results showed that gamma-ray shielding ability of BPLZ0.00 is superior among the other prepared glasses. Moreover, the gamma-ray shielding properties of the current glass system have been compared with that of some commercial glasses and newly developed HMO glasses. It can be concluded that the prepared glass system could be useful to design and/or develop novel shields for radiation protection applications.

中文翻译：

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ZrO2对硼酸铅玻璃伽马屏蔽性能的影响

在本文中，化学形式为 40B2O3–40PbO–20Li2O3–xZrO2 的新型硼酸铅玻璃体系；其中 x = 0、0.25、0.50、1 和 1.5 mol% 已被合成。这些玻璃的伽马射线屏蔽性能已经在质量衰减系数 (μ/ρ)、半值层 (HVL)、有效原子序数 (Zeff)、平均自由程 (MFP) 和曝光累积因子方面进行了测试(EBF)。制备的玻璃的 μ/ρ 值通过 FLUKA 蒙特卡罗模拟在 0.015-15 MeV 的扩展能量范围内生成，然后使用 XCOM 软件的计算值验证生成的数据。结果表明，BPLZ0.00的伽马射线屏蔽能力优于其他制备的玻璃。而且，目前玻璃系统的伽马射线屏蔽性能已经与一些商业玻璃和新开发的HMO玻璃进行了比较。可以得出结论，制备的玻璃系统可用于设计和/或开发用于辐射防护应用的新型屏蔽。