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B2O3/PbO/Na2O/MgO/Nb2O5 glasses: fabrication, physical, optical characteristics as well as photons/neutrons/beta particles attenuation capacities

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Physical, optical characteristics, and radiation attenuation capacities of the prepared (50-x)B2O3 + 30PbO + 10Na2O + 10MgO + xNb2O5 glasses with various doping ratios x = 0, 2, 4, 6, and 8 mol% have been investigated. Glasses were prepared using the well-known melt quenching process and named as their corresponding x value. The density and molar volume of the prepared glasses were increased from 4.71 g/cm3 and 23.76 cm3/mol for the sample with free Nb2O5 to 4.91 g/cm3 and 25.99 cm3/mol for the rich sample with x = 8 mol% of Nb2O5. With increasing Nb2O5 concentration, the broad near-visible band centered was moved towards higher wavelength. The direct band gap energies of glass samples felt from 3.728 to 2.939 eV, while the indirect band gap energies from 3.032 to 1.822 eV as the Nb2O5 substitution ratio increased. Urbach's energies of the prepared samples were increased with the increasing of Nb2O5. For photons, the maximum values of mass attenuation coefficient (MAC) were 32.67, 33.02, 33.38, 33.74, and 34.10 cm2/g for x = 0 – x = 8, respectively at 0.015 MeV, while the least corresponding MAC value of 0.0286, 0.0288, 0.0291, 0.0293, and 0.0295 cm2/g was obtained at 10 MeV. For neutrons, the fast (MAC)FN was decreased from 0.0185 – 0.0161 cm2/g, while the thermal (MAC)TN was decayed from 6.6538 – 5.5903 cm2/g. Analysis of the TSP and CSDA range of the glasses emphasize the fact that there is no significant difference in the charged particle of the glasses irrespective of the weight fraction of Nb2O5 relative B2O3. Results confirm that the current glasses are superior for radiation shielding materials compared to some commercial concrete and glasses.

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

    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, School of Physical Sciences, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria

    I. O. Olarinoye

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

    Emad M. Ahmed

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

    A. S. Abouhaswa

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Alsaif, N.A.M., Rammah, Y.S., Olarinoye, I.O. et al. B2O3/PbO/Na2O/MgO/Nb2O5 glasses: fabrication, physical, optical characteristics as well as photons/neutrons/beta particles attenuation capacities. Opt Quant Electron 54, 588 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-022-03990-4

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