TeO2–B2O3–ZnO–La2O3 glasses: γ-ray and neutron attenuation characteristics analysis by WinXCOM program, MCNP5, Geant4, and Penelope simulation codes

Detailed Inspection of γ-ray, Fast and Thermal Neutrons Shielding Competence of Calcium Oxide or Strontium Oxide Comprising Bismuth Borate Glasses

“…[8][9][10][11]27,29,[31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39], as these perspectives are not restated in this part. Likewise, specifics on 'Σ R ' and related expressions can be found elsewhere [8,9,22,27,45]. Further, narrations about the utilized WinXCOM [46] dependent Phy-X/PSD (Photon Shielding and Dosimetry) software [47] can be found in Ref.…”

“…[9] and https://phy-x.net/PSD web page. Moreover, the applied MCNPX (Monte Carlo N-Particle eXtended) [48] simulation set-up and process (Figure 1), Geant4 (for GEometry ANd Tracking) code [49][50][51], and PENELOPE ® (Penetration and ENErgy LOss of Positrons and Electrons) code [52] descriptions are the same as those we have given in our recent works [22,45,53,54], and they are not reproduced here.…”

“…The derived ΣR results specify that for any glass, the proper mixture of both light (e.g., B) and heavy (e.g., Bi) elements is essential in attaining better attenuation effectiveness for fast neutrons. Additionally, glass S6 ΣR value is compared with distinct established (e.g., graphite, H2O, concretes) and some other freshly reported radiation shielding substances ΣR quantities [8,22,23,31,[33][34][35][36]39,45,53,55,59] and listed in Table 3.…”

“…The derived Σ R results specify that for any glass, the proper mixture of both light (e.g., B) and heavy (e.g., Bi) elements is essential in attaining better attenuation effectiveness for fast neutrons. Additionally, glass S6 Σ R value is compared with distinct established (e.g., graphite, H 2 O, concretes) and some other freshly reported radiation shielding substances Σ R quantities [8,22,23,31,[33][34][35][36]39,45,53,55,59] and listed in Table 3. SSS30 glass 0.08931 [35] TZNG-E glass 0.1125 [36] S5 glass 0.1375 [39] E glass 0.1474 [45] S7 glass 0.1232 [53] Following Table 3 data, one can identify that, proportionately, S6 glass possesses a greater Σ R than respective graphite, H 2 O, OC, HSC, and ILC [59], G8 [8], and G0 [22] glasses, S0 glass-ceramic [23], PA-6 and PVDC polymers [33], SSS30 [35], and TZNG-E [36] glasses values, and a lower Σ R than BBLNi6 [55] glass, NS1 alloy and SMC [31], and VTBi6 [34], S5 [39], E [45], and S7 [53] glasses quantities.…”

“…Further, applying related formula reported in Ref. [45], for all C1-C6 and S1-S6 glasses, at 0.0253 eV neutron energy, 'σ cs ', 'σ ics ', 'σ A ', and 'σ T ' are assessed and corresponding quantities are listed in Table S17i,ii of the Supplementary Material, respectively. Also, Table S18 in the Supplementary Material presents all the B, Bi, Ca, Sr, and O elements 'σ cs ', 'σ ics ', 'σ A ', and 'σ T ' values, which are contained in C1-C6 and S1-S6 glasses.…”