Shape-Controlled Iron–Paraffin Composites as γ- and X-ray Shielding Materials Formable by Warmth-of-Hands-Derived Plasticity
Jolanta Sobczak, Adrian Truszkiewicz, Emil Korczeniewski, Aleksandra Cyganiuk, Artur P Terzyk, Anna Kolanowska, Rafał G Jędrysiak, Sławomir Boncel, Gaweł Żyła · 2023
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Jolanta Sobczak and eight co-authors published a materials study in twenty twenty-three on radiation shielding you can mold with your bare hands. Paraffin loaded with iron particles, from nanometers to tens of micrometers across, softens at hand warmth and takes any shape at room temperature. The composites were characterized by a full battery of structural methods.
Particle size, surprisingly, barely mattered to shielding. Iron content mattered enormously: at fifty percent loading, a slab stopped X-rays far better than elemental aluminum of the same measure, its half-value layer a fraction of aluminum's. Ten percent loading still beat aluminum comfortably. Hand-formable shields could be shaped on site around pipes, patients, or instruments, a flexibility rigid shielding plates cannot offer.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jolanta Sobczak, Adrian Truszkiewicz, Emil Korczeniewski, Aleksandra Cyganiuk, Artur P Terzyk, Anna Kolanowska, Rafał G Jędrysiak, Sławomir Boncel, Gaweł Żyła |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 60 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |