防辐射无机玻璃性能研究

核科学技术在国防、医学、工业、农业和科研等领域的应用日益广泛,各种辐射如X射线、γ射线和中子辐射对人体、环境、仪器设备等有很大的危害,并引起国际辐射防护领域的极大关注.透明防辐射玻璃是防辐射材料的重要研究方向之一,本文采用熔融浇注法制备了透明防辐射无机玻璃,对其γ射线和中子辐射的防护能力进行了表征,同时对玻璃透过率、软化点等性能进行了表征.结果显示该防辐射无机玻璃对γ射线和中子辐射具有良好的防护能力,且透过率较高,热稳定性和耐热性能好.由于该防辐射无机玻璃综合性能良好,在辐射防护领域有良好的应用前景.

Properties of Radiation Protection Inorganic Glass

Nuclear science and technology has been used widely in national defense, medical science, industry, agriculture and scientific research fields.The nuclear radiations, such as X-ray, γ-ray, neutron and so on, are harmful to humans, environments, equipments and instruments, which has attracted global attentions in radiation protection field.Transparent radiation shielding glass is one of the important radiation shielding materials, in this paper the transparent radiation shielding inorganic glass was made by the conventional casting method, and the neutron and γ-ray radiation shielding properties were reported.Also,the optical and thermal properties of the radiation shielding glass were studied.The results show that the radiation shielding inorganic glass, with high transmittance, good thermal stability and heat resistance, has good protective capability against γ-ray and neutron radiations.Due to the excellent comprehensive performance of the radiation shielding inorganic glass,it has a good prospect in the field of radiation protection.