Effect of Various Na2O-MoO3 Concentrations on the Thermal, Mechanical, and Radiation-resisting Attributes of Zinc-borosilicate Glasses

In this study, we described the mechanical, thermal, and radiation shielding properties of glass systems prepared of MoO3- Na2O- ZnO-B2O3-SiO2 with various compositions. The composition of the glasses are x MoO3-(30-x) Na2O- 5ZnO-43.5B(2)O(3)-21.5SiO(2) with (0 <= x <= 10) mol%. X-ray diffraction (XRD) has verified that these glasses are amorphous. By substituting the heavier MoO3 with Na2O molecule, the higher MoO3 content increased the density of the glasses while decreasing the molar volume. It is noted that the longitudinal (V-L) increased from 4780 m/s to 4985 m/s and the shear (V-T) increased from 2685 m/s to 2895 m/s from the free-MoO3 sample to the greatest content of MoO3. Differential thermal analysis (DTA) was used to study thermal analysis. Overall, DTA investigation showed that all glasses had high thermal stability. The Phy-X/PSD application is used to study the shielding behaviour. According to the overall trends of the estimated mass attenuation coefficient (MAC), and linear attenuation coefficient (LAC), values across all glasses, they are inversely related to photon energy. According to the study, the manufactured glass system can be used for radiation protection against ionizing radiation in a number of technical and medical applications.