Polymeric composite materials for radiation shielding: a review

CV More, Z Alsayed, MS Badawi, AA Thabet… - Environmental chemistry …, 2021 - Springer
The rising use of radioactive elements is increasing radioactive pollution and calling for
advanced materials to protect individuals. For instance, polymers are promising due to their …

Conventional and new lead-free radiation shielding materials for radiation protection in nuclear medicine: A review

NJ AbuAlRoos, NAB Amin, R Zainon - Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
Gamma ray is an energetic ionising radiation that can damage living cells as it slows down
and transfers its energy to surrounding cells. Lead and concrete have been used as …

Influence of Bi2O3/PbO on nuclear shielding characteristics of lead-zinc-tellurite glasses

MS Al-Buriahi, FI El-Agawany, C Sriwunkum… - Physica B: Condensed …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper examines the nuclear shielding characteristics for two different lead-zinc-tellurite
glass systems with the composition of TeO 2–Bi 2 O 3–ZnO–PbO and TeO 2–Na 2 O–ZnO …

Fabrication, optical, structural and gamma radiation shielding characterizations of GeO2-PbO-Al2O3–CaO glasses

Y Al-Hadeethi, MI Sayyed, YS Rammah - Ceramics International, 2020 - Elsevier
x) GeO 2-xPbO-5Al 2 O 3–5CaO: 0≤ x≤ 40 mol%) glasses have been fabricated by
conventional melt quenching technique and coded as GACPb00 to GACPb40. The structure …

Role of heavy metal oxides on the radiation attenuation properties of newly developed TBBE-X glasses by computational methods

MS Al-Buriahi, JS Alzahrani, IO Olarinoye… - Physica …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Geant4 simulations and several theoretical approaches such as WinXCOM and ESTAR
were used in this work to understand the role of heavy metal oxides on the radiation …

Analysis of borosilicate glasses doped with heavy metal oxides for gamma radiation shielding application using Geant4 simulation code

Y Al-Hadeethi, MI Sayyed - Ceramics International, 2019 - Elsevier
The goal of this research is to investigate the influence of three heavy metal oxides (Bi 2 O 3,
BaO and TiO 2) on the gamma rays shielding effectiveness of borosilicate glasses. The …

A study on the gamma radiation protection effectiveness of nano/micro-MgO-reinforced novel silicon rubber for medical applications

MI Sayyed, H Al-Ghamdi, AH Almuqrin, S Yasmin… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this work, we examined novel polymer composites for use in radiation protection
applications. These prepared polymers are non-toxic compared with lead and show …

Experimental and theoretical investigation on physical, structure and protection features of TeO2–B2O3 glass doped with PbO in terms of gamma, neutron, proton and …

A Saleh, MG El-Feky, MS Hafiz, NA Kawady - Radiation physics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Glass series of composition 70TeO 2-(30-x) B 2 O 3-xPbO (where x= 2, 6, 10, 14 and 20
mol%) is prepared using melt-quenching technique. The glass structure was investigated by …

Lead (II) chloride effects on nuclear shielding capabilities of polymer composites

F Özkalaycı, MR Kaçal, O Agar, H Polat… - Journal of Physics and …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study investigated the radiation shielding capacity of undoped polymer composite and
lead (II) chloride (PbCl 2)-containing polymer composite samples. The PbCl 2 and polyester …

Physical, optical and shielding features of Li2O–B2O3–MgO–Er2O3 glasses co-doped of Sm2O3

MHA Mhareb - Applied physics A, 2020 - Springer
The glassy systems acquired much concern for using in diverse implementations. For this
cause, different concentrations of samarium oxide co-doped lithium magnesium borate …