One lead "brick" for building screen walls round r
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Sample lead ‘brick’ with dove-tailed edges and top on display mount, by Graviner Manufacturing Company, Gosport, Hampshire, 1960-1965. Used for building screen shielding walls around radioactive sources.
Details
- Category:
- Nuclear Physics
- Object Number:
- 1967-103
- Materials:
- lead (metal), wood composites and Melamine resin
- Measurements:
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overall: 140 mm x 155 mm x 130 mm, 6.69 kg
brick: 130 mm x 100 mm x 75 mm,
- type:
- lead shielding
- credit:
- United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority.
