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Sayyed MI, Mahmoud KA, Arayro J, Maghrbi Y, Mhareb MHA. An extensive assessment of the impacts of BaO on the mechanical and gamma-ray attenuation properties of lead borosilicate glass. Sci Rep 2024; 14:5429. [PMID: 38443496 PMCID: PMC10914813 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-56040-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2023] [Accepted: 03/01/2024] [Indexed: 03/07/2024] Open
Abstract
The current work deals with the synthesis of a new glass series with a chemical formula of 5Al2O3-25PbO-10SiO2-(60-x) B2O3-xBaO; x was represented as 5, 10, 15, and 20 mol%. The FT-IR spectroscopy was used to present the structural modification by rising the BaO concentration within the synthesized glasses. Furthermore, the impacts of BaO substitution for B2O3 on the fabricated borosilicate glasses were investigated using the Makishima-Mackenzie model. Besides, the role of BaO in enhancing the gamma-ray shielding properties of the fabricated boro-silicate glasses was examined utilizing the Monte Carlo simulation. The mechanical properties evaluation depicts a reduction in the mechanical moduli (Young, bulk, shear, and longitudinal) by the rising of the Ba/B ratio in the fabricated glasses. Simultaneously, the micro-hardness boro-silicate glasses was reduced from 4.49 to 4.12 GPa by increasing the Ba2+/B3+ ratio from 0.58 to 3.18, respectively. In contrast, the increase in the Ba/B ratio increases the linear attenuation coefficient, where it is enhanced between 0.409 and 0.448 cm-1 by rising the Ba2+/B3+ ratio from 0.58 to 3.18, respectively. The enhancement in linear attenuation coefficient decreases the half-value thickness from 1.69 to 1.55 cm and the equivalent thickness of lead is also reduced from 3.04 to 2.78 cm, at a gamma-ray energy of 0.662 MeV. The study shows that the increase in the Ba2+/B3+ ratio enhances the radiation shielding capacity of the fabricated glasses however, it slightly degrades the mechanical properties of the fabricated glasses. Therefore, glasses with high ratios of Ba2+/B3+ have high gamma-ray shielding ability to be used in hospitals as a shielding material.
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Affiliation(s)
- M I Sayyed
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Isra University, Amman, Jordan.
- Renewable Energy and Environmental Technology Center, University of Tabuk, 47913, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.
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- Nuclear Materials Authority, P.O. Box 530, El-Maadi, Cairo, Egypt
- Ural Federal University, 19 Mira St., Yekaterinburg, Russia, 620002
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- College of Engineering and Technology, American University of the Middle East, 54200, Egaila, Kuwait
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- University of Tunis El Manar, 2092, Tunis, Tunisia
- Université Côte d'Azur, 06100, Nice, France
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- Department of Physics, College of Science, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Box 1982, 31441, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
- Basic and Applied Scientific Research Center, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, 31441, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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A closer look at the structure and gamma-ray shielding properties of newly designed boro -tellurite glasses reinforced by bismuth (III) oxide. NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.net.2022.12.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Mahmoud K, Tashlykov O, Almuqrin AH, Sayyed M, Vlasova S. Assessment of mechanical and radiation shielding capacity for a ternary CdO–BaO–B2O3 glass system: A comprehensive experimental, Monte Carlo simulation, and theoretical studies. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR ENERGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2022.104169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Studies of the mechanical and neutron shielding features of concrete by incorporation of green additive materials: Experimental and numerical study. Radiat Phys Chem Oxf Engl 1993 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2021.109846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Algradee MA, Saleh EE, Samir O, Alwany A, EL Sherbini TM. Evaluation of structural, elastic properties and nuclear radiation shielding competence of Nd3+ doped lithium-zinc-phosphate glasses. JOURNAL OF NON-CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS 2022; 576:121304. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2021.121304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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