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Gamma and neutron radiation shielding properties of Al2O3–B2O3–SiO2–ZnO–BaO glasses

  • Dalal Abdullah Aloraini , Aljawhara Almuqrin , Badriah Albarzan , Essam A. Abdel Wahab and Khamies S. Shaaban ORCID logo EMAIL logo
Published/Copyright: May 26, 2025
Radiochimica Acta
From the journal Radiochimica Acta Volume 113 Issue 9

Abstract

This study focused on developing new high-transparency, non-lead radiation shielding in barium zinc aluminum borosilicate glasses formulated as xBaO-17SiO2-(20-x) ZnO–58B2O3–5Al2O3, where (0 ≤ x ≤ 12 mol %) of BaO. The density was measured according to Archimedes’ principle. Theoretical radiation shielding values were calculated with the Phy-X program. Findings revealed that the density and radiation shielding results increased as BaO increased. The Linear Attenuation coefficient (LAC), effective electron density (Neff) effective atomic number (Zeq), and electronic cross-section (ECS) variation as follow: G5 > G4 > G3 > G2 > G1. The Half value layer (HVL) and mean free path (MFP) variation as follow: G1 > G2 > G3 > G4 > G5. Consequently, a shield with a higher BaO content has better attenuation properties. The study found that among the analyzed glass samples, the G5 sample offered the highest efficiency in radiation protection. This highlights the potential of the synthesized glasses as promising candidates for applications requiring efficient fast neutron attenuation.

Keywords: borosilicate based glass systems; Phy-X/PSD; γ-ray shielding and neutron
Corresponding author: Khamies S. Shaaban, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, P.O. 71524, Assiut, Egypt, E-mail:

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  3. Author contributions: The authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.

  4. Use of Large Language Models, AI and Machine Learning Tools: None declared.

  5. Conflict of interest: The authors state no conflict of interest.

  6. Research funding: The authors extend their appreciation to the Deanship of Scientific Research and Libraries in Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University for funding this research work through the Research Group project, Grant No. (RG-1445-0008).

  7. Data availability: The raw data can be obtained on request from the corresponding author.

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Received: 2025-05-02
Accepted: 2025-05-14
Published Online: 2025-05-26
Published in Print: 2025-09-25

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