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Synthesis of Pb3O4-SiO2-ZnO-WO3 Glasses and their Fundamental Properties for Gamma Shielding Applications

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Zinc lead silicate glass system contains different amount of WO3 were fabricated using the classical melt-quench technique. The nature of the samples was investigated using X-ray diffraction. The ultrasonic velocities and elastic moduli were tested experimentally after that the results were compared by using the theoretical consideration. With increasing the WO3 content, decreasing the molar volume causes a decrease in the inter-ionic distance Ri. The FLUKA code were used to estimate the main attenuation considerations mass attenuation coefficients (MAC) and linear attenuation coefficients (LAC). The LAC increment from 0.728 cm-1 to 0.856 cm−1 as the WO3 concentration increment from 0 to 5 mol%, resulting in high shielding performance for G5. The dose rate at energy of 0.6 MeV with the G5 sample found to be declines from 2.35 × 107 R/h at 1 mm to 4.71 × 106 R/h at 4 mm. The values of mean free path (MFP) and the half value layer (HVL) are smaller than those of the traditional photon shields signifying that the fabricated samples (particularly G5) have interesting shielding characteristics to be used in applications involving x/gamma rays.

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The authors extend their appreciation to the Deanship of Scientific Research at King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia for funding this work through Research Groups Program under grant number R.G.P.2/179/42. This work was also supported by Taif University Researchers Supporting Project number (TURSP-2020/63), Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia.

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  1. Department of Physics, College of Science, Taif University, P.O.Box 11099, Taif, 21944, Saudi Arabia

    Sultan Alomairy

  2. Physics department, College of Science, Jouf University, P.O.Box: 2014, Sakaka, Saudi Arabia

    Z. A. Alrowaili

  3. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha, Saudi Arabia

    Imen Kebaili

  4. Laboratoire de Physique Appliquée, Groupe des Matériaux Luminescents, Université de Sfax, Faculté des Sciences de Sfax, BP 1171, 3000, Sfax, Tunisia

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  5. Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, P.O. Box 71524, Assiut, Egypt

    E. A. Abdel Wahab

  6. Department of Physics, Ubon Ratchathani University, Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand

    C. Mutuwong

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

    M. S. Al-Buriahi

  8. Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, P.O. Box 71524, Assiut, Egypt

    Kh. S. Shaaban

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Sultan Alomairy, Z.A. Alrowaili, and Imen Kebaili, editing helping in reviewers’ responses. E.A. Abdel Wahab, C. Mutuwong, M.S. Al-Buriahi, and Kh. S. Shaaban, Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing Reviewing Discussion and Editing helping in reviewers’ responses.

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Alomairy, S., Alrowaili, Z.A., Kebaili, I. et al. Synthesis of Pb3O4-SiO2-ZnO-WO3 Glasses and their Fundamental Properties for Gamma Shielding Applications. Silicon 14, 5661–5671 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12633-021-01347-2

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