Development of Novel Transparent Radiation Shielding Glasses by BaO Doping in Waste Soda Lime Silica (SLS) Glass

Thair Hussein Khazaalah, Iskandar Shahrim Mustafa, M. I. Sayyed, Azhar Abdul Rahman, Mohd Hafiz Mohd Zaid, Rosdiyana Hisam, Muhammad Fadhirul Izwan Abdul Malik, Nabasu Seth Ezra, Hayder Salah Naeem and Nuridayanti Che Khalib
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Thair Hussein Khazaalah: School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Gelugor 11800, Malaysia
Iskandar Shahrim Mustafa: School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Gelugor 11800, Malaysia
M. I. Sayyed: Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Isra University, Amman 11622, Jordan
Azhar Abdul Rahman: School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Gelugor 11800, Malaysia
Mohd Hafiz Mohd Zaid: Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Malaysia
Rosdiyana Hisam: Faculty of Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam 40450, Malaysia
Muhammad Fadhirul Izwan Abdul Malik: Science and Engineering Research Center, USM Engineering Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Nibong Tebal 14300, Malaysia
Nabasu Seth Ezra: School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Gelugor 11800, Malaysia
Hayder Salah Naeem: School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Gelugor 11800, Malaysia
Nuridayanti Che Khalib: School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Gelugor 11800, Malaysia

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 2, 1-11

Abstract: In the current study, BaO was doped in Bi 2 O 3 -ZnO-B 2 O 3 -SLS glass to develop lead-free radiation shielding glasses and to solve the dark brown of bismuth glass. The melt-quenching method was utilized to fabricate (x) BaO (1 − x)[0.3 ZnO 0.2 Bi 2 O 3 0.2 B 2 O 3 0.3 SLS] (where x are 0.01, 0.02, 0.03, 0.04, and 0.05 mol) at 1200 °C. Soda lime silica glass waste (SLS), which is mostly composed of 74.1% SiO 2 , was used to obtain SiO 2 . The mass attenuation coefficient ( μ m ) was investigated utilizing X-ray fluorescence (XRF) at 16.61, 17.74, 21.17, and 25.27 keV and narrow beam geometry at 59.54, 662, and 1333 keV. Moreover, the other parameters related to gamma ray shielding properties such as half-value layer (HVL), mean free path (MFP), and effective atomic number ( Z e f f ) were computed depending on μ m values. The results indicated that HVL and MFP decreased, whereas μ m increased with an increase in BaO concentration. According to these results, it can be concluded that BaO doped in Bi 2 O 3 -ZnO-B 2 O 3 -SLS glass is a nontoxic, transparent to visible light, and a good shielding material against radiation.

Keywords: radiation shielding; mass attenuation coefficient; half-value layer; mean free path; soda lime silica glass waste (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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