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Impact of the La2O3 Addition on the Structure, Mechanical and Radiation Attenuation Features of La2O3–ZnO–SiO2–B2O3 Glass
Five glass samples with the following chemical formation: 21.5 SiO2-58.5B2O3-(20-x) ZnO- xLa2O3, where x = 0–10 mol% were fabricated utilizing melt quenching. With an increase in La2O3, the glasses' density incre...
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Influence of La2O3 on Mechanical Properties and Radiation-Shielding Performance of Magnesium Beryllia-Borosilicate Glass System
The composition of the pentagonal glass system, which is composed of 57B2O3-16SiO2-11BeO- (16-x) MgO-xLa2O3, x = (0 \(\le x\le 16\) ...
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Open AccessA comprehensive study of the shielding ability from ionizing radiation of different mortars using iron filings and bismuth oxide
The current work discusses the radiation attenuation capability and different shielding characteristics of different mortar samples. The samples were prepared by replacing different percentages of fine aggrega...
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Enhancement the Structural, Mechanical and Radiation Shielding of Borosilicate Glasses Doped Vanadium Ions
The structural, physical, mechanical, and radiation shielding characteristics of the glass system consisting of 27SiO2-53B2O3- 2ZnF2- (18-x) Li2O-xV2O5 (0 ≤ x ≤ 2) were studied. The glasses were fabricated using ...
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Open AccessMultilayer radiation shielding system with advanced composites containing heavy metal oxide nanoparticles: a free-lead solution
With the use of multilayer materials such as concrete, mortar and ceramics that were fortified with PbO, WO3 and Bi2O3 nanoparticles, our study's objective was to produce a an effective photon shielding system. E...
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Open AccessGrafting red clay with Bi2O3 nanoparticles into epoxy resin for gamma-ray shielding applications
We developed new composites for photons shielding applications. The composite were prepared with epoxy resin, red clay and bismuth oxide nanoparticles (Bi2O3 NPs). In order to establish which ratio of red clay to...
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Open AccessA comparison of cardiac motion analysis software packages: application to left ventricular deformation analysis in healthy subjects
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Open AccessA comparison of cardiac motion analysis software packages: application to left ventricular deformation analysis in hypertensive patients