Evaluation of gamma and neutron shielding capacities of tellurite glass system with Phy-X simulation software

Newly developed glass system H₃BO₃–K₂CO₃–MgO–TeO₂–ZnO–AgNO₃ (HKMTZA) was synthesized by high temperature melting method for gamma and neutron shielding. The parameters of gamma and neutron attenuation are computerized utilizing Phy-X/PSD and for photon energies ranging between 15 KeV and 15 MeV. The newly developed tool is used to calculate the shielding parameters such as mass attenuation coefficient (μ/ρ), relative parameters effective atomic number (Z_eff), half-value layer (HVL), tenth value layer (TVL), mean free path (MFP), and fast neutrons (Σ_R). Meanwhile, Σ_R is enabled to assess the capabilities of the neutron shielding. Because of Ag element which has high atom number, HKMTZA6 has highest Z_eff and lowest HVL, TVL. The results of this research revealed that Σ_R of this HKMTZA glass system increases with the improving of AgNO₃ and the studied glass system possess higher Σ_R value, contrasting with T70V27Z3 glass. And it is closed to the leaded brass alloy (LB), and TeO₂–B₂O₃ (TB), illustrating that the HKMTZA glass system possesses excellent properties of neutron shielding.