Effect of Fe2O3 as an Aggregate Replacement on Mechanical, and Gamma/ Neutron Radiation Shielding Properties of Phosphoaluminate Glasses

In the present work, we examined the impact of Fe2O3 on the mechanical and photon shielding characteristics of lead-phosphoaluminate glasses. Due to water corrosion, the use of lead-phosphosilicate glasses may be limited.The addition of Fe(2)O(3 )significantly improves its water resistance. The radiation and mechanical of 20PbO - 45P(2)O(5) - 15 Al2O3 - (20 - x) Na2O- x Fe(2)O(3)glass system doped with xFe(2)O(3)reflect the originality of this article. The molar volume of these samples is declining whereas the density is an increment. Ultrasonic velocity and elastic modulus were found to be enhanced. The shielding parameters were established using the Phy-X / PSD. The mace attenuation coefficient is the highest in the sample with the maximum Fe2O3 content. The (Z(eff)) and (N-eff) values decreased and then increased slowly at lower energy. Because of the Compton scattering interaction, the (Zeq)-value decreases as the energy and Fe2O3 content increase. Small deviations from the glass samples are observed at higher energy levels to decrease the value (Sigma R). Finally, the increment of Fe2O3 in prepared glasses increases the gamma-radiation & neutronattenuation rate.