BORATE GLASSES CONTAINING Bi, Na and Cu OXIDES as RADIATION SHIELDING MATERIALS

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Abstract

The basic gamma-ray shielding parameters such as mass attenuation coefficient, mean free path and effective atomic number of glass matrix with composition 0.45B2O3. 0.1Na2O. (0.1+x)Bi2O3. (0.35-x)CuO (x=0, 0.07, 0.14, 0.21, 0.28, 0.35) have been determined experimentally. The removal cross-section for fast neutrons is also calculated for the samples. The obtained results are correlated to their structural properties obtained from their infrared spectra.

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