Investigation of Gamma and Neutron Shielding Parameters for Borate Glasses Containing NiO and PbO

Table 3

Effective atomic numbers (𝑍_𝑃𝐼eff) of borate glasses at different energies (MeV) for total photon interaction.

Glass; sample	⟨𝑍⟩	𝑍𝑃𝐼eff; lower	𝑍𝑃𝐼eff; upper	𝑍𝑃𝐼eff
				10^−3	10^−2	10^−1	10^0	10^1	10^2	10^3	10^4	10^5
S1	7.47	7.54	9.03	7.69	9.02	7.60	7.54	7.66	7.92	7.95	7.94	7.94
S2	8.00	7.75	14.31	8.38	14.04	8.20	7.75	7.99	8.49	8.54	8.53	8.53
S3	8.00	7.84	21.46	8.47	15.25	12.48	7.86	8.24	9.08	9.15	9.14	9.14
S4	8.02	7.95	27.76	8.56	16.52	16.30	7.96	8.49	9.66	9.75	9.74	9.73
S5	8.04	8.03	33.30	8.65	17.84	19.71	8.07	8.74	10.23	10.35	10.33	10.32
S6	8.06	8.12	38.22	8.74	19.22	22.79	8.18	8.99	10.79	10.93	10.91	10.90
S7	8.08	8.22	42.86	8.85	20.81	25.76	8.29	9.25	11.39	11.55	11.52	11.52