Comparative study of silicate glasses containing Bi2O3, PbO and BaO: Radiation shielding and optical properties

Comparative Study of Radiation Shielding Parameters for Bismuth Borate Glasses

“…So it is desired to have materials which are transparent to visible light and have better shielding properties in terms of lesser volume requirement. Now a day heavy metal glasses are proving to be the promising candidates as an alternate to the conventional shielding material like concrete [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] . The commonly used heavy metal in glasses is lead.…”

New gadolinium based glasses for gamma-rays shielding materials

“…As is typical glasses, the lacks long range order and is highly cross linked in three dimensional atomic structure gives rise to low thermal expansion coefficient and are suitable for use at high ambient temperatures (Kirdsiri et al, 2011). Boric acid (B 2 O 3 ) is one of the most popular and excellent glass formers known and can solely by itself form glass at lower melting point with good transparency, high chemical durability and thermal stability.…”

Fabrication of artificial gemstones from glasses: From waste to jewelry

“…Although successfully obtained glasses with good properties, bismuth produced yellow color in glass which can found no use (or little use) as glass imitation gemstone. Bi 2 O 3 were also used for replacing PbO in radiation shielding glass materials [16][17][18][19][20].…”