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Oxyfluoro-tellurite-zinc glasses and the nuclear-shielding ability under the substitution of AlF3 by ZnO

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This paper examines radiation-shielding abilities of oxyfluoro-tellurite-zinc glasses in the chemical form of AlF3–TeO2–ZnO under the substitution of AlF3 by ZnO. Gamma-ray- and neutron-shielding properties were tested in terms of mass attenuation coefficient (μ/ρ), half value layer, mean free path, effective atomic numbers (Zeff), effective electron density (Neff) and removal cross-section (ΣR). The μ/ρ values of the glasses were generated by Geant4 simulations over an extended energy range and then the generated data were confirmed via XCOM software. The results showed that both gamma-ray- and neutron-shielding efficiencies of the selected glasses evolved by substituting of AlF3 by ZnO. Nuclear radiation-shielding abilities of the current glass systems were compared with that of some conventional shielding materials and newly developed HMO glasses. It can be concluded that oxyfluoro-tellurite-zinc glasses could be useful to design novel shields for radiation protection applications.

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  1. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia

    M. I. Sayyed & Rachid Ayad

  2. Physics Department, Science and Arts Faculty, Süleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey

    Hakan Akyildirim

  3. Department of Physics, Sakarya University, Sakarya, Turkey

    M. S. Al-Buriahi

  4. Eastchester High School, New York, USA

    Eloic Lacomme

  5. Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, USA

    Giovanni Bonvicini

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Sayyed, M.I., Akyildirim, H., Al-Buriahi, M.S. et al. Oxyfluoro-tellurite-zinc glasses and the nuclear-shielding ability under the substitution of AlF3 by ZnO . Appl. Phys. A 126, 88 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-019-3265-6

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