Physical, structural, optical and gamma radiation attenuation properties of germanate-tellurite glasses for shielding applications

• Main Authors: Kaky, Kawa M., Sayyed, M. I., Mhareb, M. H. A., Abdalsalam, Alyaa H., Mahmoud, K. A., Omar Baki, Sharudin, Mahdi, Mohd Adzir
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2020
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/87171/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002230932030363X
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Germanate-tellurite glasses with a composition of (75-x) TeO2-xGeO2–12.5ZnO-12.5BaO, where x = 0, 5, 10, and 20 mol%, were synthesized. A traditional melt-quenching-annealing process was used to fabricate these glasses, at 1000 °C for melting and 300 °C for five hours for annealing. X-ray diffractio...