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Enhancement of linear optical and dielectric properties as well as gamma-ray protection capacities of PbO reinforced in TeO2–WO3 glasses: Comparative study

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Linear optical properties, optical dielectric constants, and dielectric loss as well as gamma-ray protection capacities of PbO reinforced TeO2–WO3 glasses with chemical composition 20WO3–(80 − x)TeO2–xPbO: x = 10 (WTPb1), 12.5 (WTPb2), 16.25 (WTPb3), 17.5 (WTPb4), and 20 (WTPb5) mol% have been investigated. Density of the investigated glasses gradually enhanced from 5.58 g/cm3 for WTPb1 sample to 5.90 g/cm3 for WTPb5 sample. The indirect optical energy band gap (EOptical) reduced from 2.28 to 2.10 eV. Urbach’s energy (ΔE) improved from 0.225 to 0.255 eV with increasing PbO content mol%. Optical real (\({\varepsilon }_{1}\)), imaginary (\({\varepsilon }_{2})\) parts of dielectric constant, dielectric loss (tan δ), the refractive index (n), and the extinction coefficient (k) were improved as PbO content enhanced in TWPb glasses. Insertion of PbO in the glass matrix has a direct constructive effect on both the mass (MAC) and linear (LAC) attenuation coefficients for all photon energy among all investigated samples. The highest values of MAC and LAC were possessed for WTPb5 sample, while the lowest values were possessed for WTPb1 sample. In terms of half-value layer (HVL) parameter, the lowest values of HVL were possessed for WTPb5. The effective atomic number (Zeff) of the WTPb glasses has a similar trend of MAC and LAC. Results confirm that WTPb glasses can be considered as a superior for radiation protection compared to some commercial concrete radiation shielding materials.

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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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  1. Department of Basic and Applied Science, College of Engineering and Technology, Arab Academy of Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, AAST, Al-Horria, Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt

    Samir Y. Marzouk

  2. Productivity and Quality Institute, Arab Academy of Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, AAST, Al-Horria, Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt

    Samir Y. Marzouk

  3. Department of Physics, College of Science, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Norah A. M. Alsaif

  4. Basic Sciences Department, Faculty of Engineering, Sinai University, Al-Arish, Egypt

    M. S. Sadeq

  5. Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Atatürk University, 25240, Erzurum, Turkey

    N. Ekinci

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

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Marzouk, S.Y., Alsaif, N.A.M., Sadeq, M.S. et al. Enhancement of linear optical and dielectric properties as well as gamma-ray protection capacities of PbO reinforced in TeO2–WO3 glasses: Comparative study. Appl. Phys. A 128, 783 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-022-05931-0

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