Glass and Glass-Ceramics Based on Weathered Basaltic Rock for Radiation Shielding Applications

Different batches of weathered basalt ranging from 100 to 50 %, in combination with by-pass cement dust, were used prepare the glass compositions. techniques utilized such as differential thermal analysis, X-ray diffraction, density, FTIR, mass attenuation coefficients, appropriate atomic number (Zeff), and effective electron density (Neff), examined for prepared glass-ceramics samples at different photon energies. In present study, it was revealed that molar volume decreases, increases. The experimental theoretical effects component mostly consistent results (WB100) containing a higher percentage basaltic rocks demonstrated radiation protection than those lower rate (WB50). addition, displayed enhanced gamma rays glass. Therefore, we recommend using glass- ceramics % protective shield against thickness protection.