Lead shielding refers to the use of lead as a form of radiation protection to shield people or objects from radiation so as to reduce the effective dose...

little shielding material is required to provide the necessary protection. Recent studies show that copper shielding is far more effective than lead and...

high lead oxide content in the glass solders. The presence of lead is used in glasses absorbing gamma radiation and X-rays, used in radiation shielding as...

weights, solders, pewters, fusible alloys, white paints, leaded gasoline, and radiation shielding. Lead is a neurotoxin that accumulates in soft tissues and...

Demron is a radiation-shielding fabric. For the same weight it has slightly lower radiation protection than lead shielding, but is flexible. The composition...

Look up shield or shielding in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A shield is a hand-held protective device meant to intercept attacks. Shield may also refer...

the thickness of shielding will square the shielding effect. Table in this section shows the recommended thickness of lead shielding in function of X-ray...

low-background steel (~20 cm) and sometimes lined with a thin layer of lead (~1 cm). This shielding can reduce background radiation inside the chamber by several...

scattered drops. If used carelessly, shielding gasses can displace oxygen, causing hypoxia and potentially death. Shielding gases fall into two categories—inert...

In contrast to shielded or foiled twisted pair (typically S/FTP or F/UTP cable shielding), UTP cable is not surrounded by any shielding. UTP is the primary...

The lead-acid battery is a type of rechargeable battery first invented in 1859 by French physicist Gaston Planté. It is the first type of rechargeable...

radiation gamma locations whilst protecting the operator by means of distance shielding. Particle detection of alpha and beta can be used in both integral and...

the shielding gas evenly into the welding zone. Inconsistent flow may not adequately protect the weld area. Larger nozzles provide greater shielding gas...

Lead poisoning, also known as plumbism and saturnism, is a type of metal poisoning caused by lead in the body. Symptoms may include abdominal pain, constipation...

due to self-shielding within the active layer of the source. Sources with 2 π {\displaystyle 2\pi } emissions suffer from self-shielding or backscatter...

radiation through decay chain products than 238Pu and needs more shielding. Its shielding requirements in a RTG are the third lowest: only 238Pu and 210Po...

series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., based on the Marvel Comics spy organization S.H.I.E.L.D., follows Phil Coulson and other S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and allies...

allows fractions to be collected without breaking vacuum Lead pig, a container made of lead shielding for storing and transporting radioactive materials The...

threshold for lead exposure exists. The major source of lead exposure during the 20th century was leaded gasoline. Proponents of the lead–crime hypothesis...

A lead castle, also called a lead cave or a lead housing, is a structure composed of lead to provide shielding against gamma radiation in a variety of...

political and ethical irritant between S.H.I.E.L.D. and the superhuman community, with S.H.I.E.L.D. tasked to lead enforcement and to take on registered...

Radiation shielding: "lead-lined" containers for shielding radiation This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Lead line. If an...

easily shielded against than other forms of radioactive decay. Plutonium-238, a source of alpha particles, requires only 2.5 mm of lead shielding to protect...

scientist who invents the dome over Argo City and oversees the placement of lead shielding over the ground of Argo City, thus enabling the city's residents to...

is no link to the cover story about Shields' career as a nude model. The 11-year-old Shields was cast as the lead in French director Louis Malle's Pretty...

out by several nuclear interface modules, which are protected by the lead shielding and controlled by a computer semi-automatically. The set-ups of modules...

which take into account a number of complex effects such as body self-shielding and internal scattering of radiation. The calculation starts with organ...

for soft radiations such as low energy x-rays or beta radiation. Self-shielding means that the absorbed dose will be higher in the tissues facing the...

presence of electrical fields, magnetic fields, or with varying amounts of shielding. The risk for developing radiation-induced cancer at some point in life...

strontium-90 sources were found, removed from their shielding, nearby. With their depleted uranium shielding removed, the dose rate for a single source was...