Abstract:Transparent dense barium bismuth borate (BBB) glasses in ternary x(BaO-Bi 2 O 3 )-(1-x)B 2 O 3 system, with x = . 15, .25, .35, and .45, were prepared by the meltquenching process. Density of the glasses increased to 7.145 g/cm 3 with increasing BaO-Bi 2 O 3 content. Gamma radiation shielding performance of the glasses was estimated by studying mass attenuation coefficients (MAC) and effective atomic numbers, using XCOM software as a function of photon energy. Subsequently, experimental MAC values of the glass… Show more
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