Shielding properties of lead and barium phosphate glasses

P2O5-PbO-BaO glass system has been investigated to see its potential use as radiation shielding material by studying the effect of the content of each of its composing oxides. The results show that this glass system is suitable as radiation shielding material and has some advantages comparing to the existing commonly used radiation protection glasses. (c) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.