Abstract
The study of lead-free glasses for radiation shielding applications has drawn global attention. This work aimed to theoretically investigate the impact of Bi 2 O 3 on X-ray shielding characteristics of telluro-borate-bismuth glass samples, in the 15 − 300 keV energy region. Sample S5 (55Bi 2 O 3-5TeO 2-20SrO-5ZnO-15Bi 2 O 3) yielded highest LAC, MAC, and Z e f f (1.066 − 252.061 cm −1 , 0.249 − 58.893 cm 2 /g, and 67.81 − 30.16), alongside the lowest HV L, TV L, and MFP (0.003 − 0.650 cm, 0.009 − 2.160 cm, and 0.004 − 0.938 cm). Hence, S5 emerged as the most effective X-ray shielding glass among the samples studied.