Thermal Stability, Optical Properties, and Gamma Shielding Properties of Tellurite Glass Modified with Potassium Chloride
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sample Preparation
2.2. Thermal Stability and Optical Properties
2.3. Radiation Shielding Parameters
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Physical Parameters of the As-Synthesized Glasses
3.2. Thermal Characteristics
3.3. Optical Properties
3.4. Radiation Shielding Properties
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Sample Code | Composition (mol%) | Theoretical ρ (g/cm3) | Experimental ρ (g/cm3) | Vm (cm3/mol) | Nb × 1028 (m−3) | F N/m |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TPNK1 | 75TeO2-10P2O5-10Nb2O5-5KCl | 4.9125 | 5.0507 ± 0.054 | 35.322 | 7.50 | 244 |
TPNK2 | 70TeO2-10P2O5-10Nb2O5-10KCl | 4.8152 | 4.8664 ± 0.055 | 35.785 | 7.74 | 229 |
TPNK3 | 65TeO2-10P2O5-10Nb2O5-15KCl | 4.7129 | 4.6821 ± 0.055 | 36.286 | 7.97 | 215 |
TPNK4 | 60TeO2-10P2O5-10Nb2O5-20KCl | 4.6055 | 4.4978 ± 0.054 | 36.827 | 8.18 | 202 |
TPNK5 | 55TeO2-10P2O5-10Nb2O5-25KCl | 4.4923 | 4.3135 ± 0.055 | 37.415 | 8.37 | 190 |
Sample Code | Eu (eV) | Eopt (eV) | N | Rm (Mol−1) | αm (Å−3) | M |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TPNK1 | 0.211 | 2.71 | 2.48 | 22.32 | 8.85 | 0.368 |
TPNK2 | 0.177 | 2.75 | 2.47 | 22.52 | 8.93 | 0.371 |
TPNK3 | 0.147 | 2.80 | 2.457 | 22.71 | 9.01 | 0.374 |
TPNK4 | 0.146 | 2.83 | 2.44 | 22.97 | 9.11 | 0.376 |
TPNK5 | 0.144 | 2.87 | 2.43 | 23.24 | 9.22 | 0.379 |
Sample Code | Tg (°C) | Tc (°C) | Tp (°C) | ∆T (°C) | H | KSP (°C) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TPNK1 | 413 | 636 | 671 | 223 | 0.54 | 21.86 |
TPNK2 | 402 | 615 | 660 | 213 | 0.53 | 28.88 |
TPNK3 | 357 | 603 | 642 | 246 | 0.69 | 31.13 |
TPNK4 | 345 | 575 | 616 | 230 | 0.67 | 32.21 |
TPNK5 | 338 | 620 | 634 | 282 | 0.83 | 12.26 |
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Hussein, K.I.; Al-Syadi, A.M.; Alqahtani, M.S.; Elkhoshkhany, N.; Algarni, H.; Reben, M.; Yousef, E.S. Thermal Stability, Optical Properties, and Gamma Shielding Properties of Tellurite Glass Modified with Potassium Chloride. Materials 2022, 15, 2403. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ma15072403
Hussein KI, Al-Syadi AM, Alqahtani MS, Elkhoshkhany N, Algarni H, Reben M, Yousef ES. Thermal Stability, Optical Properties, and Gamma Shielding Properties of Tellurite Glass Modified with Potassium Chloride. Materials. 2022; 15(7):2403. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ma15072403
Chicago/Turabian StyleHussein, Khalid I., Aref M. Al-Syadi, Mohammed S. Alqahtani, Nehal Elkhoshkhany, Hamed Algarni, Manuela Reben, and El Sayed Yousef. 2022. "Thermal Stability, Optical Properties, and Gamma Shielding Properties of Tellurite Glass Modified with Potassium Chloride" Materials 15, no. 7: 2403. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ma15072403