Shielding Capabilities of B₂O₃-CdO-ZnO-K₂O-MoO₃ Glasses against Gamma Radiation

¹ Department of Physics, Hyderabad Institute of Technology and Management, Hyderabad, Telangana, 501401, India.
² Department of Physics, University College of Science Saifabad, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500004, India.
³ Geethanjali College of Engineering and Technology, Cheeryal (V), Keesara (M), Medchal-Malkajgiri Dist, Telangana, India.
⁴ Matrusri Engineering College, Saidabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
⁵ Department of Physics, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500007, India.

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Published online: 5 March 2026

Abstract

Protective materials are becoming growing in significance in both industrial and daily applications, which has led to an increase in the significance of them in research. MoO₃, CdO are such high density chemicals which were used to prepare the present glasses with composition 60B₂O₃-20CdO-10ZnO-(10-x)K₂O-xMoO3 where x = 0, 0.5, 1, 1.5 & 2. To determine the sample's amorphous phase, the produced samples were first exposed to the XRD. The spectra's missing distinct peaks demonstrated the materials' amorphous phase. Since greater density offers more protection against radiation penetration, density is essential in radiation-resistant glasses. The concept of Archimedes is used to analyse the glasses' density, and the variance is attributed to the transition of BO₃ and BO₄ units. Shielding properties like MAC and LAC are assessed using Phys-x/PSD software. The PE, CE, and PP in various energy areas are used to describe these factors.