A synergistic experimental–theoretical study of radiation attenuation in locally manufactured Iraqi glasses

In this context, we examine the physical, structural, and gamma-ray shielding properties of six Iraqi traditional glass samples (S1–S6). The elemental composition was analyzed using Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence (EDXRF) while the Archimedes' principle were used for density measurement. In addition, gamma-ray attenuation tests were performed with an NaI(Tl) scintillation detector across photon energies of 60–662 keV. Different shielding parameters including linear attenuation coefficient (LAC), mass attenuation coefficient (MAC), half-value layer (HVL), mean free path (MFP), tenth-value layer (TVL), transmission factor (TF and effective atomic number (Z eff ) were determined and compared to theoretical…