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The impact of B2O3/Al2O3 substitution on physical properties and γ-ray shielding competence of aluminum-borate glasses: comparative study

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This work investigates the impact of B2O3/Al2O3 substitution on the physical properties and γ-ray shielding parameters in the γ-energy range of 0.015: 15 MeV of the aluminum-borate glasses with the composition: (75-X)B2O3 + 10ZnO + 10CdO + 5Na2O + XAl2O3 where X = 5 (BNCZAl-5)–20 (BNCZAl-20)% mol (with step of 5%). Samples were fabricated using the well-known melt quenching technique. The density (ρ) increased gradually from 3.492 to 3.901 g/cm3 and molar volume (Vm) decreased from 22.311 to 21.216 cm3/mol as the Al2O3 content increased from 5 to 20 mol%. The oxygen molar volume (OMV) increased from 9.107 to 9.868 cm3/mol, while the oxygen packing density (OPD) values decreased from 109.810 to 101.341 g.atom/l. Linear-attenuation coefficient (μ) followed the order: BNCZAl-5 < BNCZAl-10 < BNCZAl-15 < BNCZAl-20. The sample that coded as BNCZAL-20 (highest content of Al2O3) possessed the lowest half-value (HVL) and tenth-value (TVL) layers among all studied samples. Within the investigated energy range of Zef\({{\text{Z}}}_{{\text{ef}}}\) within the range: from 27.324 to 10.783, 26.820 to 10.957, 26.351 to 11.128, and 25.915 to 11.296 for the prepared samples BNCZAl-5, BNCZAl-10, BNCZAl-15, and BNCZAl-20 glasses, respectively. The obtained results confirmed that the suggested glasses can be used as alternative materials for radiation shielding applications.

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The authors express their gratitude to Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University Researchers Supporting Project number (PNURSP2024R291), Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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  1. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Menoufia University, Shebin El-Koom, 32511, Egypt

    A. S. Abouhaswa & Y. S. Rammah

  2. Institute of Natural Science and Mathematics, Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Russia, 620002

    A. S. Abouhaswa

  3. Physics Division, Spectroscopy Department, National Research Center, 33 Elbehouth St., Dokki, Giza, 12311, Egypt

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  5. Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Fayoum University, Fayoum, Egypt

    Islam M. Nabil

  6. Basic Science Department, Horus University, International Coastal Road, New Damietta, Kafr Saad, Damietta, Egypt

    A. M. Abdelghany

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Abouhaswa, A.S., Abdelghany, A.M., Alfryyan, N. et al. The impact of B2O3/Al2O3 substitution on physical properties and γ-ray shielding competence of aluminum-borate glasses: comparative study. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 35, 845 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-024-12629-x

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