Irradiation energy dependence of discoloration in radiation-shielding glasses

Burkhard Speit; S. Gruen

doi:10.1117/12.22522

1 October 1990 Irradiation energy dependence of discoloration in radiation-shielding glasses

Burkhard Speit, S. Gruen

Proceedings Volume 1327, Properties and Characteristics of Optical Glass II; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.22522
Event: 34th Annual International Technical Symposium on Optical and Optoelectronic Applied Science and Engineering, 1990, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The behaviour of gammairradiated radiation shielding glasses has been investigated. With increasing density of the glasses the attenuation of the radiation and the energy deposition in the glasses increase. The lower the radiation energy the higher the energy deposition per unit volume of glass and therefore the stronger the observed discolouration. Comparable discolouration appears in glasses of density 4 g/cm3 if the irradiation dose of a Co-60 source (1 MeV) is a factor 6 higher than an Ir-192 gamma source (0 MeV) 1.

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Burkhard Speit and S. Gruen "Irradiation energy dependence of discoloration in radiation-shielding glasses", Proc. SPIE 1327, Properties and Characteristics of Optical Glass II, (1 October 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.22522

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