Simulation of Gamma Radiation Shielding Parameters of Borosilicate Glass Using Phy-X/PSD Software
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https://doi.org/10.33003/fjs-2026-1013-5561Keywords:
Lead Free Glass, Simulation, Shielding, Borosilicate, RadiationAbstract
The increasing use of ionizing radiation in medical, industrial, and nuclear applications has created demand for effective environmentally friendly shielding materials. Lead free borosilicate glasses doped with barium oxide attracted significant attention due to their superb mechanical, optical, and radiation shielding properties. Therefore, this study radiation shielding properties of 5B2O3-40SiO2-(55-x) Al2O3-xBaO (BSABa) (where x = 25, 28, 31 and, 34 wt%) glass systems using Phy-X/PSD online software. Shielding parameters, such as linear attenuation coefficients (LAC), mass attenuation coefficients (MAC), mean free path (MFP) and half-value layer (HVL) give details information about the radiation shielding ability of the glasses. Therefore, the mass attenuation coefficients (MAC) for the 0.015–15 MeV gamma-ray energies are obtained to determine photon shielding efficiency of BSABa-x glass systems. The results shown that the glass system, which contains higher BaO concentration has higher mass attenuation coefficients. BSABa-34 glass has the highest MACs, ranging from 2285.007 cm2/g to 2.795 cm2/g, while BSABa-25 glass has the lowest values, ranging from 1817.409 cm2/g to 2.597 cm2/g. The BSABa-34 glass with the highest BaO contribution has the thinnest MFP and HVL values. The results revealed that adding BaO to aluminum borosilicate glasses at increasing rates, improves nuclear radiation resistance properties.
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