An Investigation Bi-Pb Borosilicate Glass for Radiation Shielding Properties
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In this research, we studied parameters of xBi2O3–(50–x)PbO–20B2O3–30SiO2 by x = 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 mol.% glass system for radiation shielding. These parameters were mass attenuation coefficient, effective atomic number, half-value layer and mean free path. All parameters were estimated by using Phy-X/PSD software at an energy ranging from 10–3 to 105 MeV. The results were presented that mass attenuation coefficient was increased with increasing Bi2O3 content and decreased with increased energy. These events of radiation parameter were separated into three processes including photoelectric absorption, Compton scattering and pair production at low, medium and high energy ranging, respectively. The glass sample in 10Bi2O3–40PbO–20B2O3–30SiO2 formula had mass attenuation coefficient and effective atomic number highest value while the half-value layer and mean free path had the lowest value. These results indicated that this sample had excellent potential and could be applied as a radiation shielding material
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