The Investigation of Lead Borate Glass Composites for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy Shielding
In this work, we studied the lead borate glass composites to optimize its shielding properties of thermal neutrons and gamma-rays for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) applications. Attenuation coefficients, half-value layer (HVL), and tenth-value layer (TVL) were measured for a broad range of ga...
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| author | M. S. Ali A. M. Abdelmonem S. K. Elshamndy G. M. Shoraiet T. M. Mustafa G. S. Hassan |
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| description | In this work, we studied the lead borate glass composites to optimize its shielding properties of thermal neutrons and gamma-rays for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) applications. Attenuation coefficients, half-value layer (HVL), and tenth-value layer (TVL) were measured for a broad range of gamma-ray energies, i.e., 356, 511, 662, 1173, 1274, and 1332 keV experimentally. Theoretical results using XCOM software show an agreement with the NaI(Tl) detector-based experimental measurements. The attenuation of collimated thermal neutrons, from Cf-252 source, was simulated using Monte Carlo-based code and compared experimentally with measurements by BF3 detector. A reasonable agreement between simulations and experiments was observed, suggesting that the shielding properties of lead borate glass (LBG) composites are monotonically increasing with the increasing of the lead and boron additives. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cc2e3abcf519473282b8e441e71e0bf02022-12-23T13:34:59ZengCenter for Development of Nuclear Informatics, National Nuclear Energy Agency (BATAN)Atom Indonesia0126-15682022-12-0148323724610.17146/aij.2022.1147502The Investigation of Lead Borate Glass Composites for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy ShieldingM. S. Ali0A. M. Abdelmonem1S. K. Elshamndy2G. M. Shoraiet3T. M. Mustafa4G. S. Hassan5African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, B. P. 1418 Mbour, Thies Region, Senegal. Physics Department, Faculty of Science, New Valley University, Egypt.University of Jouf, Faculty of Science and Art, Department of Physics, Post Office 207, Al-Jouf,KSA Reactor Physics Department, Nuclear Research Center,Atomic Energy Authority, Post Office 13759, Cairo,EgyptUniversity of Jouf, Faculty of Science and Art, Department of Physics, Post Office 207, Al-Jouf,KSAPhysics Department, Faculty of Science, New Valley University, EgyptPhysics Department, Faculty of Science, New Valley University, EgyptPhysics Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, EgyptIn this work, we studied the lead borate glass composites to optimize its shielding properties of thermal neutrons and gamma-rays for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) applications. Attenuation coefficients, half-value layer (HVL), and tenth-value layer (TVL) were measured for a broad range of gamma-ray energies, i.e., 356, 511, 662, 1173, 1274, and 1332 keV experimentally. Theoretical results using XCOM software show an agreement with the NaI(Tl) detector-based experimental measurements. The attenuation of collimated thermal neutrons, from Cf-252 source, was simulated using Monte Carlo-based code and compared experimentally with measurements by BF3 detector. A reasonable agreement between simulations and experiments was observed, suggesting that the shielding properties of lead borate glass (LBG) composites are monotonically increasing with the increasing of the lead and boron additives.https://aij.batan.go.id/index.php/aij/article/view/1147bnctthermal neutron shieldinggamma-ray shieldinglead borate glassmonte carlo simulation |
| spellingShingle | M. S. Ali A. M. Abdelmonem S. K. Elshamndy G. M. Shoraiet T. M. Mustafa G. S. Hassan The Investigation of Lead Borate Glass Composites for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy Shielding Atom Indonesia bnct thermal neutron shielding gamma-ray shielding lead borate glass monte carlo simulation |
| title | The Investigation of Lead Borate Glass Composites for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy Shielding |
| title_full | The Investigation of Lead Borate Glass Composites for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy Shielding |
| title_fullStr | The Investigation of Lead Borate Glass Composites for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy Shielding |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Investigation of Lead Borate Glass Composites for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy Shielding |
| title_short | The Investigation of Lead Borate Glass Composites for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy Shielding |
| title_sort | investigation of lead borate glass composites for boron neutron capture therapy shielding |
| topic | bnct thermal neutron shielding gamma-ray shielding lead borate glass monte carlo simulation |
| url | https://aij.batan.go.id/index.php/aij/article/view/1147 |
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