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Fabrication, physical, mechanical properties, gamma-rays, and neutron shielding abilities of sodium bario-fluoride boro-vanadate glasses: experimental, theoretical, and simulation studies

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Sodium bario-fluoride boro-vanadate glasses of compositions 20BaF2–(60-x)B2O3–20Na2O–x(V2O5), where x takes values of 0 (BBNV0), 1 (BBNV1), 2 (BBNV2), 3 (BBNV3), and 4 (BBNV4) mol% were fabricated using the ordinary melt quenching technique. Density by Archimedes' method, elastic moduli via Makishima–Mackenzie model, radiation shielding competence via XCOM software and FLUKA simulation code within γ-ray energy (81–1408 keV), as well as neutron shielding capacity have been examined. Density of the fabricated glasses was gradually enhanced from 3.1245 g/cm3 for BBNV0 glass sample with free of V2O5 to 3.4521 g/cm3 for BBNV4 glass sample enrich with V2O5. The enhancement of mechanical properties of BBNV0–BBNV5 glasses confirmed the role of vanadium as a modifier in the glass matrix. In terms of the linear attenuation coefficient (LAC), the insertion of V2O5 in the fabricated glass matrix has a direct constructive effect on the LAC values. The minimum values (LAC)min achieved at 1.408 MeV; 0.16 cm−1, 0.16 cm−1, 0.17 cm−1, 0.17 cm−1, and 0.17 cm−1 and the maximum values (LAC)max achieved at 0.081 MeV; 3.87 cm−1, 3.93 cm−1, 3.99 cm−1, 4.07 cm−1, and 4.13 cm−1 for BBNV0, BBNV1, BBNV2, BBNV3, and BBNV5 glasses, respectively. In terms of the half-value layer (HVL), the BBNV4 glasses possessed the minimum values and BBNV0 glasses possessed the maximum values. Therefore, the mentioned parameter follows the trend as: (HVL)BBNV0 > (HVL)BBNV1 > (HVL,)BBNV2 > (HVL)BBNV3 > (HVL)BBNV4. The enhancement of the V2O5 content in the fabricated glass matrix has a positive effect for enriching both effective atomic numbers (Zeff). In addition, the BBNV0 glass sample (free with V2O5) achieved the best neutron shielding ability.

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The authors express their gratitude to Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University Researchers Supporting Project (Grant No. PNURSP2022R60), Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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    Norah A. M. Alsaif

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

    Y. S. Rammah & A. S. Abouhaswa

  3. Department of Physics, College of Science, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif, 21944, Saudi Arabia

    Emad M. Ahmed

  4. Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovskaya oblast, Yekaterinburg, 620002, Russia

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Alsaif, N.A.M., Rammah, Y.S., Ahmed, E.M. et al. Fabrication, physical, mechanical properties, gamma-rays, and neutron shielding abilities of sodium bario-fluoride boro-vanadate glasses: experimental, theoretical, and simulation studies. Appl. Phys. A 128, 615 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-022-05750-3

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