Investigation of the gamma photon shielding in Se–Te–Ag chalcogenide glasses using the Phy-X/PSD software

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Table 1. Chemical properties of the Se_75−x–Te₂₅–Ag_x (x = 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 at%) chalcogenide glasses

Sample name	Mole (%) of the constituent elements			Density(gm/cm^3)
	Se	Te	Ag
STA1	75	25	0	5.298
STA2	73	25	2	5.429
STA3	71	25	4	5.558
STA4	69	25	6	5.686
STA5	67	25	8	5.812
STA6	65	25	10	5.937

Table 2. Absorption edges of the constituent elements under investigations as illustrated by Hubbell and Seltzer (1995)

Element	Z	M1	L3	L2	L1	K
Se	34	——–	1.43580E-03	1.47620E-03	1.65390E-03	1.26578E-02
Ag	47	——–	3.351 10E-03	3.52370E-03	3.80580E-03	2.55140E-02
Te	52	1.00600E-03	4.34140E-03	4.61200E-03	4.93920E-03	3.18138E-02

Figure 1. MAC values of the STA1–STA6 chalcogenide glasses vs photon energy and Ag content.

Figure 2. LAC values of the STA1–STA6 chalcogenide glasses vs photon energy and Ag content.

Table 3. LAC values of the STA1–STA6 glasses compared with those of commercial glasses as given at SCHOTT (2022) company website SCHOTT

Energy (MeV)	LAC (cm^−1)	RS- 253	RS 253- G18	RS 323- G19	RS- 360	RS- 520	STA1	STA2	STA3	STA4	STA5	STA6
0.2		0.32	0.33	1.25	1.72	3.54	1.235	1.279	1.324	1.368	1.413	1.457
0.662		0.19	0.19	0.28	0.32	0.5	0.401	0.412	0.423	0.434	0.444	0.455
1.25		0.14	0.14	0.18	0.21	0.3	0.240	0.247	0.253	0.259	0.265	0.271

Figure 3. HVL values of the STA1–STA6 chalcogenide glasses vs photon energy and Ag content.

Figure 4. TVL values of the STA1–STA6 chalcogenide glasses vs photon energy and Ag content.

Figure 5. MFP values of the STA1–STA6 chalcogenide glasses vs photon energy and Ag content.

Figure 6. HVL values of the STA1–STA6 chalcogenide glasses compared with those of some commercial, traditional glasses and chalcogenide glass. Also, the inset shows a zoomed view of the curves.

Figure 7. MFP values of the STA1–STA6 chalcogenide glasses compared with those of some commercial, traditional glasses and chalcogenide glass. Also, the inset shows a zoomed view of the curves.

Figure 8. ACS values of the STA1–STA6 chalcogenide glasses vs photon energy and Ag content.

Figure 9. ECS values of the STA1–STA6 chalcogenide glasses vs photon energy and Ag content.

Figure 10. Z_eff values of the STA1–STA6 chalcogenide glasses vs photon energy.

Figure 11. N_eff values of the STA1–STA6 chalcogenide glasses vs photon energy and Ag content.

Figure 12. C_eff values of the STA1–STA6 chalcogenide glasses vs photon energy and Ag content.

Figure 13. R values of the STA1–STA6 chalcogenide glasses vs photon energy and Ag content.

Figure 14. Z_eq values of the STA1–STA6 chalcogenide glasses vs photon energy and Ag content.

Figure 15. EBF values of the (a)STA1, (b) STA3, and (c) STA6 glasses vs photon energy.

Figure 16. EABF values of the (a) STA1, (b) STA3, and (c) STA6 glasses vs photon energy.

Figure 17. FNRCS values of the STA1–STA6 chalcogenide glasses compared with those of some commercial, traditional glasses and chalcogenide glass.

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