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Effect of WO3 on the radiation shielding ability of TeO2–TiO2–WO3 glass system

  • Ghulam Hussan , Sajid Khan EMAIL logo , Rashid Ahmad , Aamir Farooq und Muhammad Zeeshan Anwar
Veröffentlicht/Copyright: 30. Januar 2023
Radiochimica Acta
Aus der Zeitschrift Radiochimica Acta Band 111 Heft 5

Abstract

In this study, glass composition based on tungsten oxide (WO3) doped tellurium, titanium glasses: (100 − x − y) TeO2–xTiO2–yWO3: where (x = 5) and (y = 5, 10, 15, 20, 25) coded as TT5W5, TT5W10, TT5W15, TT5W20, and TT5W25 were investigated for shielding properties against ionizing radiation. Gamma radiation shielding parameters such as mass attenuation coefficients (MAC) are calculated through MCNPx code and Phy-X/PSD software in the energy range of 0.015–15 MeV. Obtained MAC values are then used to calculate other gamma radiation shielding parameters such as mean free path (MFP) and effective atomic number (Zeff). Besides this, the exposure buildup factor (EBF) was also calculated by using EXABCal software at different penetration depths (PDs) in the energy range of 0.015–15 MeV. Sample TT5W25, which has a larger WO3 content of 25 mol% shows higher values of MAC and lower values of MFP among all the examined glass samples. Our investigated TeO2–TiO2–WO3 glass samples possess the lowest MFP values in comparison with the different types of concretes and commercially available shielding glasses. In addition, fast neutron shielding characteristics in light of fast neutron removal cross-section have also been computed. Glass sample TT5W25 possesses the higher values of fast neutron removal cross-section as compared to the other glass samples. The results indicate that the adding up of WO3 improves shielding against the fast neutron and gamma radiation.

Keywords: EXABCal; mass attenuation coefficients; MCNPx; Phy-X/PSD; radiation shielding
Corresponding author: Sajid Khan, Department of Physics, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat, 26000, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, E-mail:

  1. Author contribution: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  2. Research funding: None declared.

  3. Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.

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Received: 2022-06-07
Revised: 2023-01-12
Accepted: 2023-01-13
Published Online: 2023-01-30
Published in Print: 2023-05-25

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https://doi.org/10.1515/ract-2022-0057
Schlagwörter für diesen Artikel
EXABCal; mass attenuation coefficients; MCNPx; Phy-X/PSD; radiation shielding

Artikel in diesem Heft

  1. Frontmatter
  2. Original Papers
  3. Np(V) azide complexes with electroneutral N-donor ligands
  4. Electrochemical extraction of the fission element samarium from tin electrodes and its kinetic analysis in an electrolytic refining process in LiCl-KCl molten salts
  5. Removal and isolation of radioactive cobalt using DNA aptamers
  6. Compton scattering geometry: a tool to study radiation interaction characteristics of rare earth compounds doped in low-Z organic compound
  7. Improving the nutritional quality and bio-ingredients of stored white mushrooms using gamma irradiation and essential oils fumigation
  8. Effect of WO3 on the radiation shielding ability of TeO2–TiO2–WO3 glass system
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