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Determination of structural features of different Perovskite ceramics and investigation of ionizing radiation shielding properties

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Recently, the use of ionizing radiation in various fields leads to an increased demand for shielding materials. This work aims to study the structural and radiation shielding properties of two groups of perovskite ceramics. Fourier transform infrared and X-ray diffraction were utilized to investigate current samples’ structure, and various radiation shielding parameters were determined to explore the current samples’ ability to absorb radiation within an energy range from 0.284 to 2.506 MeV using the Phy-X program. The Fourier transform infrared results revealed one vibration band for BaTiO3–ZrO2 located at 507 cm−1, two bands centered at 835 and 520 cm−1 for the BaTiO3-Mo sample, and five bands located at 435, 520, 539, 615, and 775 cm−1 for SrMnO3–ZnO and SrMnO3–TeO2. Simultaneously, the X-ray diffraction displays the hexagonal phase for SrMnO3 and the tetragonal phase for BaTiO3 samples. The BaTiO3-Mo sample has the highest density, packing density, and Poisson’s ratio compares with other samples. According to gamma shielding results, the SrMnO3–ZnO and BaTiO3–ZrO2 samples appear the lowest and highest absorption ability, respectively. On another side, the SrMnO3–TeO2 sample has the highest removal cross-section for fast neutrons. From obtained results, it can be concluded that the BaTiO3–ZrO2 sample has an excellent capacity to stop gamma-ray, while SrMnO3–TeO2 can be used to prevent neutrons.

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The authors greatly acknowledge the financial supports from the Deanship of Scientific Research at Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (IAU, Dammam - Saudi Arabia) through the Grant No. 2020-164-IRMC.

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  1. Department of Biophysics, Institute for Research and Medical Consultations (IRMC), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam, 31441, Saudi Arabia

    Y. Slimani & M. A. Almessiere

  2. Physics Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, 31261, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

    M. Kh. Hamad

  3. Department of Physics, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria

    I. O. Olarinoye

  4. Medical Imaging Department, Applied Medical Sciences Faculty, Al Azhar University-Gaza, P.O. Box 1277, Gaza, Palestine

    Y. S. Alajerami

  5. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Isra University, Amman, Jordan

    M. I. Sayyed

  6. Department of Nuclear Medicine Research, Institute for Research and Medical Consultations (IRMC), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (IAU), P.O. Box 1982, 31441, Dammam, Saudi Arabia

    M. I. Sayyed

  7. Department of Physics, College of Science, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, 31441, Dammam, Saudi Arabia

    M. A. Almessiere & M. H. A. Mhareb

  8. Basic and Applied Scientific Research Center, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, PO Box 1982, 31441, Dammam, Saudi Arabia

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Slimani, Y., Hamad, M.K., Olarinoye, I.O. et al. Determination of structural features of different Perovskite ceramics and investigation of ionizing radiation shielding properties. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 32, 20867–20881 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-021-06603-0

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