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>radiation shielding Can someone explain to me what the heck they mean by this?

• deleted 7y ago
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• dewey 7y ago
  It sounds like it can be used as a radiation shielding material. Similar to the lead filled vests they use for x-ray scans.
  • emilfihlman 7y ago
    Yes but actually no.
    • dewey 7y ago
      Can you elaborate or are you just asking questions you know the answer to already?
      • emilfihlman 7y ago
        No, it cannot be used like lead. Radiation shielding of high intensity photons (X-rays, gamma, ...) works by attenuation. Attenuation is (almost) purely a function of how much material you have in between and how dense it is. You can block alpha with anything, beta with any metal surface. I'm wondering if it's purely just nonsense as I suspect or if there's some aspect I'm not considering. I mean it does work against beta, so it's useful in that you don't need an additional surface, but that's pretty stretching.