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Impacts of the calcination temperature on the structural and radiation shielding properties of the NASICON compound synthesized from zircon minerals

  • Islam G. Alhindawy (Nuclear Materials Authority) ;
  • Hany Gamal (Nuclear Materials Authority) ;
  • Aljawhara.H. Almuqrin (Department of Physics, College of Science, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University) ;
  • M.I. Sayyed (Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Isra University) ;
  • K.A. Mahmoud (Nuclear Materials Authority)
  • Received : 2022.11.10
  • Accepted : 2023.02.08
  • Published : 2023.05.25
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Abstract

The present work aims to fabricate Na1+xZr2SixP3-xO12 compound at various calcination temperatures based on the zircon mineral. The fabricated compound was calcinated at 250, 500, and 1000℃. The effect of calcination temperature on the structure, crystal phase, and radiation shielding properties was studied for the fabricated compound. The X-ray diffraction diffractometer demonstrates that, the monoclinic crystal phase appeared at a calcination temperature of 250℃ and 500℃ is totally transformed to a high-symmetry hexagonal crystal phase under a calcination temperature of 1000℃. The radiation shielding capacity was also qualified for the fabricated compounds using the Monte Carlo N-Particle transport code in the g-photons energy interval between 15keV and 122keV. The impacts of calcination temperature on the g-ray shielding behavior were clarified in the present study, where the linear attenuation coefficient was enhanced by 218% at energy of 122keV, when the calcination temperature increased from 250 to 1000℃, respectively.

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The authors express their gratitude to Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University Researchers Supporting Project number (PNURSP2023R2), Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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