Characterization and Neutron Shielding Behavior of Dehydrated Magnesium Borate Minerals Synthesized via Solid-State Method

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</svg> (cm<sup>−1</sup>)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="3">3 : 2</td><td align="center">0.55</td><td align="center">0.655 ± 0.0266</td><td align="center">0.769 ± 0.0342</td></tr><tr><td align="center">0.75</td><td align="center">0.626 ± 0.0298</td><td align="center">0.624 ± 0.0309</td></tr><tr><td align="center">1.25</td><td align="center">0.618 ± 0.0293</td><td align="center">0.385 ± 0.0185</td></tr><tr><td align="left" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left" rowspan="3">1 : 1</td><td align="center">0.55</td><td align="center">0.843 ± 0.0254</td><td align="center">0.311 ± 0.0109</td></tr><tr><td align="center">0.75</td><td align="center">0.813 ± 0.0307</td><td align="center">0.276 ± 0.0110</td></tr><tr><td align="center">1.25</td><td align="center">0.772 ± 0.0402</td><td align="center">0.207 ± 0.0109</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Neutron transmission values and the total macroscopic sections of the dehydrated magnesium borate minerals.

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Table 5: Characterization and Neutron Shielding Behavior of Dehydrated Magnesium Borate Minerals Synthesized via Solid-State Method 