Abstract
This research reported on the radiation safety characteristics of doped fluorophosphate glasses with heavy rare earth lanthanide (Sm
2
O
3
) in the composition 40P
2
O
5
/30ZnO/20BaF
2
/3.8K
2
TeO
3
/1.2Al
2
O
3
/5.0Nb
2
O
5
/30000
ppm Sm
2
O
3
and 40P
2
O
5
/30ZnO/20BaF
2
/3.8K
2
TeO
3
/1.2Al
2
O
3
/5.0Nb
2
O
5
/40000 ppm Sm
2
O
3
in mol%. The parameters for shielding like that mass attenuation coefficient,
MAC, linear attenuation coefficient, LAC, tenth value layers, TVL, half-value layers, HVL, effective atomic number, (Zeff), mean free path, MFP, electron density, Neff, electronic cross-sections, ECS, and total atomic cross-sections, ACS, were calculated between 0.015 and 15 MB of preparation
glasses. The protection parameters of the current glasses are good in comparison to industrial materials used for nuclear shieldings, such as glass RS 253, ordinary concrete (OC), hematite serpenite (HS), or basalt magnet (BM). From the above mention results, the prepared glasses can be used
as radiation safety materials.