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Katubi KM, Alsulami RA, Albarqi MM, Alrowaili ZA, Kebaili I, Singh VP, Al-Buriahi MS. Radiation Shielding efficiency of lead-tungsten-boron glasses with Sb, Al, and Bi against gamma, neutron and charge particles. Appl Radiat Isot 2024; 204:111139. [PMID: 38104471 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2023.111139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2023] [Revised: 12/01/2023] [Accepted: 12/02/2023] [Indexed: 12/19/2023]
Abstract
We report on newly developed nuclear shielding glass system based on lead-tungsten-boron (PWB) for radiation applications against photon, neutron and charge particles. This newly developed system contains also different additions, in low concentrations, such as Sb, Al and Bi. The gamma/photon shielding performance was tested by using FLUKA Monte Carlo. Moreover, the shielding efficiency of the present system is examined against charged particles (light and heavy ones) and neutrons. The highest gamma/photons attenuation is observed in the lowest incident energy and this is at the region of the photoelectric absorption. We also observe that the values of effective atomic number (Zeff) show a peak at 100 keV incident energy. The reduction of these values is higher for photon energy range 0.1-1 MeV than below 80 keV energies. The lowest half value layer (d1/2), reflecting the best shielding efficiency, is recorded for the PWB-Bi system. The PWB-Bi system demonstrates promising performance better than many of commercial and standard systems and heavy concretes.
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Affiliation(s)
- Khadijah Mohammedsaleh Katubi
- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, P .O. Box 84428, Riyadh, 11671, Saudi Arabia
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- Nuclear Technologies Institute (NTI), King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology (KACST), P.O. Box 6086, Riyadh, 11442, Saudi Arabia
| | - Mubarak M Albarqi
- Nuclear Technologies Institute (NTI), King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology (KACST), P.O. Box 6086, Riyadh, 11442, Saudi Arabia
| | - Z A Alrowaili
- Department of Physics, College of Science, Jouf University, P.O.Box:2014, Sakaka, Saudi Arabia
| | - Imen Kebaili
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha, Saudi Arabia
| | - V P Singh
- Department of Physics, Karnatak University, Dharwad, 580003, India
| | - M S Al-Buriahi
- Department of Physics, Sakarya University, Sakarya, Turkey
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