What is Radiation Shielding? Radiation shielding has been an important subject of scientific investigations for years because radiation affects human’s health at the first place. Scientists try to keep the radiation at minimum level with optimum materials. Almost any material can act as a barrier to gamma or X-rays but the efficiency, size, mass, cost, etc. are the determinant parameters for material selection. Lead, tin, copper and concrete are the most commonly used materials for radiation shielding these days. Figure 1 below shows schematic illustration of some radiation shielding materials. How is Graphene used for Radiation Shielding? Graphene (see Figure 2), which is a special form of Carbon, is in a category of weak radiation absorber due to its low atomic number value, Z=6. This is not a surprising fact considering its only one layer of atoms thick. However, recent studies have shown that graphene can...
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