Lead Loaded Boron Polyethylene

Lead Loaded boron polyethylene combines lead & boron in polyethylene providing an effective shield against mixed neutron/gamma fields. The hydrogen in polyethylene will thermalize fast neutrons. The boron captures thermal neutrons & suppresses induced gamma rays. The lead provides shielding against primary gamma rays also. Lead Loaded boron polyethylene is available in slabs, bricks, cylinders, rods, and tubes of different sizes and can be manufactured into custom molds to create application specific shielding forms. They are available with varying concentrations of Lead & Boron.

Features :

• Excellent Shielding material for neutron & gamma rays
• Stable in vacuum & Used over wide temperature ranges
• Can be easily handled and installed by non-specialized personnel
• Can be molded like spheres, tubing, any cross section profiles and parts as per your drawings & requirements

Applications :

• Making Shielding doors
• Nuclear Spectroscopy
• Interlock shielding blocks
• Nuclear Therapy
• Neutron Instrumentation
• Nuclear Power Plant
• Beam Lines
• Transport Storages & Packing of radioactive materials, etc
• male-female inserts to ensure radiation leakage-free system
• used for criticality control where an effective thermal neutron poison is required