Abstract
The melt-quenching method has been used to fabricate 9Na
2
O-(30-x) Bi
2
O
3
- xMoO
3
-40B
2
O
3
- 20SiO
2
-1Fe
2
O
3
glass system where x = (0 ≤ x ≤ 15 mol%). The XRD diffractometer procedure was used to check the status of these samples. Inter-ionic distance (
R
i
) between Mo–Mo, Polaron radius r
p
, and inter-nuclear distance r
i
reduce with the Mo content due to reduce of molar volume. The two-photon absorption coefficient TPA increase with the increase of MoO
3
this increased connected to
E
g
. The values of ionicity I
b
slightly increase and the covalency of these glasses reduce with a growth in MoO
3
content. The XRD patterns of glass-ceramic show (Na
2
B
4
O
7
), B
2
Si
2
O
5
, Na
2
SiO
3
, Fe
7
BSi
3
O
18,
and LiBi (MoO
4
)
2
. The morphological of the glass-ceramic has been studied by SEM. FT-IR spectroscopic investigations of the glass-ceramic samples were applied to check the characteristic structure. Mass attenuation coefficient of the prepared samples decreased with the energy increase and with the addition of MoO
3
.