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Radiation
Protection Materials
When Protection is required
there is no substitute for skill & experience. complete line of products
including lead backed gypsum wallboard, shielded doors and frame lining,
shielded telescopic steel control view window frames, x-ray protective
shielded glass, shielded control barriers, leadlined vision lites, clear
pb acrylic and neutron shielded doors.
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Protective Wall
Systems
Lead-lined sheetrock is manufactured by applying and bonding a single
unpierced sheet of lead to the appropriate length of gypsum board. Since
sheet lead has very little inherent structural strength, most medical
and industrial x-ray installations require that it be supported in this
fashion. Alternatively, sheet lead may be laminated to provide a more
rigid building material.
Leaded drywall sheets are available in sizes from 4' x 8' to a
maximum 4' x 10' x minimum 5/8" thickness. Thinner drywall (1/2") is
available, but not recommended. The lead lining on sheetrock or
lead-lined gypsum boards ranges from 1/32" to 1/16" lead thickness.
Drywall can be lined with 1/8" lead, although the heavy weight makes it
inadvisable.
Lead and some of its alloys
are generally the most cost effective radiation shielding
materials to protect against the effects of gamma rays and x-rays. The
properties of lead shielding which make it an excellent shielding
material are its density, high atomic number, high level of stability,
ease of fabrication, high degree of flexibility in application, and its
availability.
- Tabs (for
screw fastener penetrations)
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Disks/Plugs (for screw fastener penetrations)
- Lead Head
Nails
- Batten
Strips
- 90 degree
angle strips
- Backing
Material
Control Windows
LEAD LINED
TELESCOPIC STEEL VIEW WINDOWS are fabricated with 16
gauge Jetcoat Hot Dipped Galvanized Steel, 1.58mm standard
lead lining (Higher shielding ratings available upon
request). These windows are manufactured for ease of
installation in new rough opening after wallboard is
installed or in existing retrofit cutout applications.
Available with X-RAY
PROTECTIVE LEAD GLASS, standard 2.0+ mm lead equivalency
single layer (higher lead equivalencies available upon
request). And CLEAR Pb LEAD ACRYLIC by, in the
following lead equivalencies: 0.3 mm (1/4" Acrylic
Thickness), 0.5 mm (1/2" Acrylic Thickness), 0.8 mm (3/4"
Acrylic Thickness), 1.0 mm (7/8" Acrylic Thickness), 1.5 mm
(1-3/8" Acrylic Thickness), and 2.0 mm (1-7/8" Acrylic
Thickness).
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