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Rare-Earth İon Effects on Radiation Shielding Parameters of GeO2-B2O3-ZnO-P2O5-Tb2O3 Glass System

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The radiation shielding properties of the glass system 32GeO2-15B2O3-3ZnO-5P2O5-45Tb2O3 doped with Ho2O3, Pr6O11, Er2O3, Nd2O3, Dy2O3, and CeO2 ions have been investigated. The linear attenuation coefficient (LAC) of the glasses was calculated using Phys-X software at different energies. It was found that the LAC of the GeO2-B2O3-ZnO-P2O5-Tb2O3 glass system increases after incorporating the RE oxides. The LAC of the samples depends on the types of dopants and the density of the RE oxides. It was found that the glass doped by H2O3 (coded asT45-Ho) has higher LAC than the other glasses with RE, while the glass doped by CeO2 has the lowest LAC. The effective atomic number (Zeff) results demonstrated that the Zeff for the glasses doped with the RE oxides are improved relative to the Zeff for the reference glass (i.e., glass without RE). The glass with Er2O3 (coded as T45-Er) has slightly higher Zeff than the other glasses with RE oxides, while T45-Ce has the minimum Zeff. The role of the energy of the radiation on the Zeff was investigated, and the results showed a reduction in the Zeff when the energy increases from 0.284 to 1.33 MeV. In terms of thickness, The T45 glass (free- RE oxides) showed higher half value layer (HVL) than the other glasses, indicating that the addition of RE oxides lead to decrease the HVL.

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Sayyed, M.I., Kaky, K.M. Rare-Earth İon Effects on Radiation Shielding Parameters of GeO2-B2O3-ZnO-P2O5-Tb2O3 Glass System. J. of Materi Eng and Perform (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-023-08918-x

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