Engineering Proceedings (Mar 2024)

Impact of Gd<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> Incorporation in Structural, Optical, Thermal, Mechanical, and Radiation Blocking Nature in HMO Boro-Tellurite Glasses

  • Ashwitha Nancy D’Souza,
  • M. I. Sayyed,
  • Sudha D. Kamath

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2023055097
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 55, no. 1
p. 97

Abstract

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The glass system of B2O3-SiO2-TeO2-Bi2O3-ZnO-BaO doped with Gd2O3 (x = 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4 mol%) (BiTeGd-x) was prepared by using the melt-quench technique. The density of glasses increased from 5.323–5.579 g cm−3 for 0–4 mol% with an increase in Gd2O3 concentration. The simulation results obtained using Photon Shielding and Dosimetry (PSD) software (Phy-X version) produced the maximum mass attenuation coefficient (MAC) and minimum half-value layer (HVL) in the entire photon energy spectrum 0.015–15 MeV, suggesting the highest potential of BiTeGd-4 glass to act as a shield against low and high-energy radiation photons.

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