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Structural, morphology, and radiation shielding properties of Mg2FeTiO6 ceramic modified with different concentrations of ZnO

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In this work, a new series of Mg2(1−x)Zn2xFeTiO6 ceramics samples was prepared to investigate the structural, morphology and radiation shielding features. The X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), Scanning electron microscope (SEM), and UV-vis-NIR were used to explore the structural, morphology, and optical properties for current ceramics samples. Radiation shielding properties for different ionizing radiation such as neutrons, protons, alpha particles, and gamma-ray were investigated theoretically. The XRD results display the monoclinic structure for all ceramics samples. FTIR results reveal five vibrational bands. The SEM results appear particles stoned, sharp, and agglomerated. The bandgap and the density show gradual enhancement with adding ZnO. On another hand, the S6 sample exhibits the highest gamma shielding properties and the fast neutron removal cross section (ΣR). In contrast, sample S1 appears maximum mass stopping power (MSP) for proton and alpha particles. The obtained results nominate the sample S6 to use in the radiation shielding field.

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The study was supported by Grant No. 2020-068-BASRC from the Deanship of Scientific Research, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

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

    Muna Y. Alqahtani, Noha Saleh, M. H. A. Mhareb, Taher Ghrib, Filiz Ercan, N. Alonizan, Wafa Abdullah & Dana Aldossary

  2. Basic and Applied Scientific Research Center, Nanomaterials Technology Unit, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, 31441, Dammam, Saudi Arabia

    Muna Y. Alqahtani, Noha Saleh, M. H. A. Mhareb, Taher Ghrib, Filiz Ercan & N. Alonizan

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

    M. I. Sayyed

  4. Medical Imaging Department, Applied Medical Sciences Faculty, Al Azhar University-Gaza, Gaza, Palestine

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Conception and design of study MHAM, MYA, TG acquisition of data: TG, YSA, MHAM, MIS analysis and/or interpretation of data: MIS, MHAM, FE, WA, DA Drafting the manuscript: MIS, MHAM, TG, NS, NA, WA, DA, MYA revising the manuscript critically for important intellectual content: MHAM, TG. Approval of the version of the manuscript to be published (the names of all authors must be listed): MYA, NS, MHAM, TG, MIS, YSMA, FE, NA, WA, DA.

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Alqahtani, M.Y., Saleh, N., Mhareb, M.H.A. et al. Structural, morphology, and radiation shielding properties of Mg2FeTiO6 ceramic modified with different concentrations of ZnO. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 33, 18829–18845 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-022-08732-6

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