A Closer Look on Nuclear Radiation Shielding Properties of Eu3+ Doped Heavy Metal Oxide Glasses: Impact of Al2O3/PbO Substitution

ALMisned, Ghada; Tekin, Huseyin O.; Ene, Antoaneta; Issa, Shams A. M.; Kilic, Gokhan; Zakaly, Hesham M. H.

doi:10.3390/ma14185334

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A Closer Look on Nuclear Radiation Shielding Properties of Eu³⁺ Doped Heavy Metal Oxide Glasses: Impact of Al₂O₃/PbO Substitution

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Ghada ALMisned

¹,

Huseyin O. Tekin

^2,3

,

Antoaneta Ene

^4,*

,

Shams A. M. Issa

^5,6,

Gokhan Kilic

⁷

and

Hesham M. H. Zakaly

^5,8,*

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Department of Physics, College of Science, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh 11564, Saudi Arabia

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Medical Diagnostic Imaging Department, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah 27272, United Arab Emirates

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Medical Radiation Research Center (USMERA), Uskudar University, Istanbul 34672, Turkey

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INPOLDE Research Center, Department of Chemistry, Physics and Environment, Faculty of Sciences and Environment, Dunarea de Jos University of Galati, 47 Domneasca Street, 800008 Galati, Romania

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Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Assiut 71524, Egypt

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Physics Department, Faculty of Science, University of Tabuk, Tabuk 47512, Saudi Arabia

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Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Letters, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Eskisehir 26040, Turkey

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Institute of Physics and Technology, Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg 620002, Russia

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Materials 2021, 14(18), 5334; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14185334

Submission received: 10 August 2021 / Revised: 5 September 2021 / Accepted: 10 September 2021 / Published: 16 September 2021

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In this study, a group of heavy metal oxide glasses with a nominal composition of 55B₂O₃ + 19.5TeO₂ + 10K₂O + (15−x) PbO + xAl₂O₃ + 0.5Eu₂O₃ (where x = 0, 2.5, 5, 7.5, 10, 12.5, and 15 in wt.%) were investigated in terms of their nuclear radiation shielding properties. These glasses containing lanthanide-doped heavy metal oxide were envisioned to yield valuable results in respect to radiation shielding, and thus a detailed investigation was carried out; the obtained results were compared with traditional and new generation shields. Advanced simulation and theoretical methods have been utilized in a wide range of energy regions. Our results showed that the AL0.0 sample with the highest PbO contribution had superior shielding properties in the entire energy range. The effective removal of cross-sections for fast neutrons (Σ_R) was also examined. The results indicated that AL5.0 had the greatest value. While increasing the concentration of Al₂O₃ in samples had a negative effect on the radiation shielding characteristics, it can be concluded that using PbO in the Eu³⁺ doped heavy metal oxide glasses could be a useful tool to keep gamma-ray shielding properties at a maximum level.

Keywords: heavy metal oxide glasses; Eu₂O₃; Phy-X/PSD; radiation shielding; Al₂O₃

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ALMisned, G.; Tekin, H.O.; Ene, A.; Issa, S.A.M.; Kilic, G.; Zakaly, H.M.H. A Closer Look on Nuclear Radiation Shielding Properties of Eu³⁺ Doped Heavy Metal Oxide Glasses: Impact of Al₂O₃/PbO Substitution. Materials 2021, 14, 5334. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14185334

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ALMisned G, Tekin HO, Ene A, Issa SAM, Kilic G, Zakaly HMH. A Closer Look on Nuclear Radiation Shielding Properties of Eu³⁺ Doped Heavy Metal Oxide Glasses: Impact of Al₂O₃/PbO Substitution. Materials. 2021; 14(18):5334. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14185334

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ALMisned, Ghada, Huseyin O. Tekin, Antoaneta Ene, Shams A. M. Issa, Gokhan Kilic, and Hesham M. H. Zakaly. 2021. "A Closer Look on Nuclear Radiation Shielding Properties of Eu³⁺ Doped Heavy Metal Oxide Glasses: Impact of Al₂O₃/PbO Substitution" Materials 14, no. 18: 5334. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14185334

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ALMisned, G., Tekin, H. O., Ene, A., Issa, S. A. M., Kilic, G., & Zakaly, H. M. H. (2021). A Closer Look on Nuclear Radiation Shielding Properties of Eu³⁺ Doped Heavy Metal Oxide Glasses: Impact of Al₂O₃/PbO Substitution. Materials, 14(18), 5334. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14185334

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