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RADIATION SHIELDING COMPOSITION

Patent ·
OSTI ID:4725871

A light weight radiation shielding composition is described whose mechanical and radiological properties can be varied within wide limits. The composition of this shielding material consists of four basic ingredients: powder of either Pb or W, a plastic resin, a resin plasticizer, and a polymerization catalyst to promote an interaction of the plasticizer with the plastic resin. Air may be mixed into the above ingredients in order to control the density of the final composition. For equivalent gamma attenuation, the shielding composition weighs one-third to one-half as much as conventional Pb shielding. (AEC)

Research Organization:
Originating Research Org. not identified
NSA Number:
NSA-17-009816
Assignee:
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Patent Number(s):
US 3075925
OSTI ID:
4725871
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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