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Water is also a good protector. And the polyethylene is actually a proxy for "hydrogen atoms". The reason is that dense hydrogen has a lot of protons to inte
by supernova87a 6y ago
Water is also a good protector. And the polyethylene is actually a proxy for "hydrogen atoms". The reason is that dense hydrogen has a lot of protons to interact with the incoming radiation.
But unfortunately plastic bags are not dense polyethylene. You would kind of need full blocks of solid polyethylene...
- teachtwolearn 6y agoYou can make solid polyethylene out of plastic bags by pressing them in a mold heated to ~100-150C. But it's quite flammable, so you might not want to use it as a building material.