• C. Laxmikanth
• Ayinalem Gashaw
• Kassa Belachew1
• Eyob Belew Ababa

Glasses with composition of 10MO-40Sb2O3-50B2O3 (where MO = ZnO, CdO, CaO, and BaO) were prepared by melt quenching method. Various physical parameters of these glass materials were calculated and presented. Amorphous nature of these materials was confirmed from XRD and DTA studies. Various stability factors were calculated and presented from DTA analysis; from the results, the stability of the glass network is observed to decrease with increase in ionic radii of modifier ion from ZnSB to BaSB glass with increase in ionic radii of the modifier ion. IR spectral analysis of these glasses exhibited several symmetrical and asymmetrical bands due to borate, antimonite, and zinc structural units; with increase in ionic radii of modifier ions in the glass matrix, it has been observed that the intensity of BO3 (asymmetrical) band increased at the expense of -Sb2O3 (symmetrical) band, with shifting of its meta-centre towards lower frequency, which suggests an increase in degree of disorder in the glass network from ZnSB to BaSB glass with an increase in ionic radii of the modifier ion. From TL analysis, the intensity of the glow peak is found to increase from ZnSB to BaSB glass in an increasing order of ionic radii of modifier ions; further, the studies suggest that BaSB glass can be used more effectively in radiation dosimetric applications.

Antimony-borate glasses, glass forming ability parameter, IR studies, thermoluminescence, trap depth parameters, radiation dosimetry.

"Effect of Certain Modifier Oxides on Physical and Thermoluminescence Properties of Antimony-Borate Glasses", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.185-189, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRBM06029.pdf

"Effect of Certain Modifier Oxides on Physical and Thermoluminescence Properties of Antimony-Borate Glasses", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp185-189, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRBM06029.pdf