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Crystallization and Radiation Proficiency of Transparent Sodium Silicate Glass Doped Zirconia

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A sequence of transparent homogenous glasses consists of 50Na2O – (50–x) SiO2 – xZrO2, (0 ≤ x ≤ 20 mol %), are synthesized by conventional method. All prepared samples are confirmed in an amorphous state by the X-rays diffraction XRD. The glass temperature Tg, crystallization temperature Tc, and temperature of full crystallization Tp values are increased by the increment of ZrO2. For heat-treated glasses, the XRD results show that most selected glasses appear to be completely crystallized. 133Ba, 137Cs and 60 Co sources are used for experimental measurements of the mass attenuation coefficient (MAC) of γ-rays at 365, 662, 1172 and 1332 keV respectively and theoretical calculation were depicted using XCOM, MCNP5 and Phy-X/PSD programs procedures. MAC of our samples was compared with some commercial and published nuclear radiation shielding as ordinary concrete, 100% Na2B4O7 and 100% SiO2 glasses systems.

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We would like to thank Taif University Research Supporting Project number (TURSP-2020/24), Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia. Moreover, the authors express their gratitude to the Deanship of Scientific Research at King Khalid University for funding this work through research groups program under grant number R.G.P. 2/137/42.

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  1. Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, P.O. Box 71524, Assiut, Egypt

    E. A. Abdel Wahab, M. A. Sayed & Sayed A. Makhlouf

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

    Ateyyah M. Al-Baradi

  3. Physics Department, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, Abha, 61413, Saudi Arabia

    M. A. Sayed & Atif Mossad Ali

  4. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, 71516, Egypt

    Atif Mossad Ali

  5. Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, P.O. Box 71524, Assiut, Egypt

    Kh. S. Shaaban

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Wahab, E.A.A., Al-Baradi, A.M., Sayed, M.A. et al. Crystallization and Radiation Proficiency of Transparent Sodium Silicate Glass Doped Zirconia. Silicon 14, 8581–8597 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12633-021-01652-w

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