Glass fabrication using ceramic and porcelain recycled waste and lithium niobate: physical, structural, optical and nuclear radiation attenuation properties

Hesham M.H. Zakaly; H.A. Saudi; H.O. Tekin; M. Rashad; Shams A.M. Issa; Y.S. Rammah; A.I. Elazaka; M.M. Hessien; Antoaneta Ene

Journal of Materials Research and Technology (Nov 2021)

Glass fabrication using ceramic and porcelain recycled waste and lithium niobate: physical, structural, optical and nuclear radiation attenuation properties

Hesham M.H. Zakaly,
H.A. Saudi,
H.O. Tekin,
M. Rashad,
Shams A.M. Issa,
Y.S. Rammah,
A.I. Elazaka,
M.M. Hessien,
Antoaneta Ene

Affiliations

Hesham M.H. Zakaly: Institute of Physics and Technology, Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, 620002, Russia; Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Assiut Branch, Assiut, 71524, Egypt; Corresponding author.
H.A. Saudi: Physics Department, Faculty of Science (Girls Branch), Al-Azhar University, Egypt
H.O. Tekin: Medical Diagnostic Imaging Department, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, 27272, United Arab Emirates; Uskudar University, Medical Radiation Research Center (USMERA), Istanbul, 34672, Turkey
M. Rashad: Physics Department, Faculty of Science, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, 71451, Saudi Arabia
Shams A.M. Issa: Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Assiut Branch, Assiut, 71524, Egypt; Physics Department, Faculty of Science, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, 71451, Saudi Arabia
Y.S. Rammah: Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Menoufia University, Shebin El-Koom, Menoufia, 32511, Egypt
A.I. Elazaka: Institute of Nuclear Physics and Engineering, National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia; Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
M.M. Hessien: Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif, 21974, Saudi Arabia
Antoaneta Ene: Dunarea de Jos University of Galati, INPOLDE Research Center, Faculty of Sciences and Environment, Department of Chemistry, Physics and Environment, 47 Domneasca Street, Galati, 800008, Romania; Corresponding author.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 15
pp. 4074 – 4085

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The ceramic and porcelain industry in the Arab Republic of Egypt annually produces a huge amount of by-product waste. Public health is threatened by the accumulated ceramic and porcelain dust and crumbs. In this study, five different ceramic and porcelain waste samples were recycled in glass form of xLiNbO3-(40-x)Waste and investigated with different LiNbO3 contents of x = 8, 16, 20, 24, 32 wt.% for useful nuclear radiation shielding applications. The amorphous structure of prepared samples is assured with XRD analyses. The radiation protection features of the prepared samples were investigated experimentally and compared with theoretical calculations for photon energies in the range of 81–2614 KeV. Moreover, optical parameters of waste glasses such as absorption coefficient, skin depth, and extinction coefficient have been calculated. The radiation protection factors showed that the Waste32 sample with 32 wt.% LiNbO3 is the best shield out of the fabricated Waste-x samples. The insertion of ceramic and porcelain wastes in the glass system reached 32 wt.%.

Published in Journal of Materials Research and Technology

ISSN: 2238-7854 (Print); 2214-0697 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Technology: Mining engineering. Metallurgy
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-materials-research-and-technology/

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