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129 Citations
5,404 Views
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Experimental and Theoretical Study of Radiation Shielding Features of CaO-K2O-Na2O-P2O5 Glass Systems

  • M. I. Sayyed,
  • Badriah Albarzan,
  • Aljawhara H. Almuqrin,
  • Ahmed M. El-Khatib,
  • Ashok Kumar,
  • Daria I. Tishkevich,
  • Alex V. Trukhanov and
  • Mohamed Elsafi

6 July 2021

The gamma radiation shielding ability for CaO-K2O-Na2O-P2O5 glasses were experimentally determined between 0.0595 and 1.41 MeV. The experimental MAC results were compared with theoretical results obtained from the XCOM software to test the accuracy o...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Radiation Shielding Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
109 Citations
6,704 Views
15 Pages

Gamma-Ray Attenuation and Exposure Buildup Factor of Novel Polymers in Shielding Using Geant4 Simulation

  • Mahmoud T. Alabsy,
  • Jamila S. Alzahrani,
  • M. I. Sayyed,
  • Mahmoud I. Abbas,
  • Daria I. Tishkevich,
  • Ahmed M. El-Khatib and
  • Mohamed Elsafi

3 September 2021

Polymers are often used in medical applications, therefore, some novel polymers and their interactions with photons have been studied. The gamma-ray shielding parameters for Polymethylpentene (PMP), Polybutylene terephthalate (PBT), Polyoxymethylene...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Radiation Shielding Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
3,568 Views
10 Pages

Enhancement of Bentonite Materials with Cement for Gamma-Ray Shielding Capability

  • Ahmed M. El-Khatib,
  • Mohamed Elsafi,
  • Mohamed N. Almutiri,
  • R. M. M. Mahmoud,
  • Jamila S. Alzahrani,
  • M. I. Sayyed and
  • Mahmoud I. Abbas

20 August 2021

The gamma-ray shielding ability of various Bentonite–Cement mixed materials from northeast Egypt have been examined by determining their theoretical and experimental mass attenuation coefficients, μm (cm2g−1), at photon energies of 59.6, 121.78, 344....

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Radiation Shielding Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,447 Views
13 Pages

26 July 2024

This study involved the preparation of natural rubber-based composites incorporating varying proportions of heavy metals and rare earth oxides (Sm2O3, Ta2O5, and Bi2O3). The investigation analyzed several parameters of the samples, including mass att...

(This article belongs to the Section Polymer Physics and Theory)
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,297 Views
19 Pages

A Novel Hierarchical Extreme Machine-Learning-Based Approach for Linear Attenuation Coefficient Forecasting

  • Giuseppe Varone,
  • Cosimo Ieracitano,
  • Aybike Özyüksel Çiftçioğlu,
  • Tassadaq Hussain,
  • Mandar Gogate,
  • Kia Dashtipour,
  • Bassam Naji Al-Tamimi,
  • Hani Almoamari,
  • Iskender Akkurt and
  • Amir Hussain

30 January 2023

The development of reinforced polymer composite materials has had a significant influence on the challenging problem of shielding against high-energy photons, particularly X-rays and γ-rays in industrial and healthcare facilities. Heavy materia...

  • Article
  • Open Access
45 Citations
5,119 Views
10 Pages

Effect of B2O3 on the Radiation Shielding Performance of Telluride Lead Glass System

  • Shiyu Yin,
  • Hao Wang,
  • Shifeng Wang,
  • Jing Zhang and
  • Yuanzhi Zhu

26 January 2022

This paper studies the role of B2O3 in the radiation shielding properties of (100-x)(60TeO2-40PbO)-xB2O3 glass systems where x = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 mol%. Through the scanning electron microscope (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) tests of the glass,...

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  • Open Access
29 Citations
3,406 Views
11 Pages

Study on Radiation Shielding Properties of New Barium-Doped Zinc Tellurite Glass

  • Shiyu Yin,
  • Hao Wang,
  • Aifeng Li,
  • Zhongjian Ma and
  • Yintong He

13 March 2022

This study aimed to investigate the effect of BaF2 on the radiation-shielding ability of lead telluride glass. A physical radioactive source was used to estimate the mass attenuation coefficient (μm) of the 60TeO2-20PbO-(20-x)ZnO-xBaF2 glass syste...

  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
3,607 Views
14 Pages

The Potentials of Egyptian and Indian Granites for Protection of Ionizing Radiation

  • Mohamed Elsafi,
  • M. F. Alrashedi,
  • M. I. Sayyed,
  • Ibrahim F. Al-Hamarneh,
  • M. A. El-Nahal,
  • Mostafa El-Khatib,
  • Mayeen Uddin Khandaker,
  • Hamid Osman and
  • Ahmad El Askary

14 July 2021

This paper aims to study the radiation shielding characteristics and buildup factor of some types of granite in Egypt. The mass attenuation coefficient (MAC) for three types of granite (gandola, white halayeb, and red aswani) was experimentally deter...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Radiation Shielding Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,219 Views
16 Pages

27 April 2022

This work theoretically compared the X-ray attenuation capabilities in natural rubber (NR) composites containing bismuth oxide (Bi2O3) by determining the effects of multi-layered structures on the shielding properties of the composites using two diff...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Polymer Matrix Composites: Synthesis, Characterization and Simulation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
40 Citations
4,119 Views
14 Pages

The Influence of Bi2O3 Nanoparticle Content on the γ-ray Interaction Parameters of Silicon Rubber

  • Mahmoud I. Abbas,
  • Ahmed M. El-Khatib,
  • Mirvat Fawzi Dib,
  • Hoda Ezzelddin Mustafa,
  • M. I. Sayyed and
  • Mohamed Elsafi

6 March 2022

In this study, synthetic silicone rubber (SR) and Bi2O3 micro- and nanoparticles were purchased. The percentages for both sizes of Bi2O3 were 10, 20 and 30 wt% as fillers. The morphological, mechanical and shielding properties were determined for all...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials II)
  • Article
  • Open Access
46 Citations
3,903 Views
16 Pages

Exploring the FTIR, Optical and Nuclear Radiation Shielding Properties of Samarium-Borate Glass: A Characterization through Experimental and Simulation Methods

  • Shams A. M. Issa,
  • Hesham M. H. Zakaly,
  • Huseyin O. Tekin,
  • Heba A. Saudi,
  • Ali Badawi,
  • Mariia Pyshkina,
  • Gulfem Susoy,
  • Ahmed I. Elazaka and
  • Antoaneta Ene

29 June 2021

(Tl2O3)30-(Li2O)10-(B2O3)(60−y)-(Sm2O3)y glass system with various Sm2O3 additives (y = 0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6) was studied in detail. The vibrational modes of the (Tl2O3)30-(Li2O)10-(B2O3)(60−y) network were active at three composition-related IR spectral...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
5,167 Views
16 Pages

Investigation of Gamma-Ray Shielding Properties of Bismuth Oxide Nanoparticles with a Bentonite–Gypsum Matrix

  • Mahmoud I. Abbas,
  • Ahmed M. El-Khatib,
  • Mohamed Elsafi,
  • Sarah N. El-Shimy,
  • Mirvat F. Dib,
  • Hala M. Abdellatif,
  • Raqwana Baharoon and
  • Mona M. Gouda

2 March 2023

Due to the present industrial world, the risk of radioactivity is notably increasing. Thus, an appropriate shielding material needs to be designed to protect humans and the environment against radiation. In view of this, the present study aims to des...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,146 Views
15 Pages

27 July 2023

In the present work, photon and neutron attenuation properties of polyepoxide composites produced by doping waste iron filings (IF) at different percentages (0%, 20%, 40%, and 60% iron filing percentage) were obtained using theoretical and experiment...

(This article belongs to the Topic Recent Advances in Ionizing Radiation Shielding Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
3,869 Views
21 Pages

Rare-Earth Oxides as Alternative High-Energy Photon Protective Fillers in HDPE Composites: Theoretical Aspects

  • Kiadtisak Saenboonruang,
  • Worawat Poltabtim,
  • Arkarapol Thumwong,
  • Theerasarn Pianpanit and
  • Chanis Rattanapongs

10 June 2021

This work theoretically determined the high-energy photon shielding properties of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) composites containing rare-earth oxides, namely samarium oxide (Sm2O3), europium oxide (Eu2O3), and gadolinium oxide (Gd2O3), for poten...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Multiphase Systems with Polymeric Matrices: Polymer Blends and Composites)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,376 Views
19 Pages

22 March 2022

This work numerically determined high-energy photon shielding properties of self-healing poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) hydrogels containing lead-free, heavy-metal compounds, namely, bismuth oxide (Bi2O3), tungsten oxide (WO3), and barium sulfate (BaSO4),...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Hydrogels with Appropriate/Tunable Properties for Biomedical Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
4,293 Views
16 Pages

A Comparative Study on X-ray Shielding and Mechanical Properties of Natural Rubber Latex Nanocomposites Containing Bi2O3 or BaSO4: Experimental and Numerical Determination

  • Arkarapol Thumwong,
  • Manchusa Chinnawet,
  • Preawpraw Intarasena,
  • Chanis Rattanapongs,
  • Shinji Tokonami,
  • Tetsuo Ishikawa and
  • Kiadtisak Saenboonruang

2 September 2022

This work experimentally determined the X-ray shielding and morphological, density, and tensile properties of sulfur-vulcanized natural rubber latex (SVNRL) nanocomposites containing varying content of nano-Bi2O3 or nano-BaSO4 from 0 to 200 phr in 10...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Polymer Nanocomposites II)