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Lead is one of the best shield for the radiactive radiation, alfa, beta, gamma rays. The radioactive waste does emmit all of these. To minimise the escaping radio active radiation, lead is one of the best and most economical shield.
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What are flask tongs?
I think you mean tongs used to grip hot flasks which are used in casting metal objects, or could be handling flasks of radioactive materials inside sealed chambers. this obviously has to be done remotely.
What two methods are used to determine the age of a rock?
The two methods are relative dating and radioactive dating for fossils. I think it's the same for rocks.
What are luminous and non luminous materials?
Luminous means "giving off light", or glows in the dark (since luminosity is detected by the eyes, it usually refers to the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum). Many materials emit a wide range of radiation other than visible light, which is why some radioactive materials were used as glow in the dark paints, and why the Curies focused on a particular radioactive isotope (because it glowed in the dark). Some materials can even store energy from visible light and emit it later, which is why some of my luminous objects have to be "charged" by a light bulb or the sun. Some chemical combinations can emit light for a while, such as the stuff in lightning bugs, which we can replicate in production lines to make glow sticks. Non luminous materials do not emit light that we can see. Most elements that are not radioactive fall into this category.
What materials are used in the producing of Swarovski glass?
Swarovski crystals are made of 32% lead. Chemical coatings are used to make the different colors of the crystals. Authentic Swarovski crystals are only made in Austria.
What is the Robug III?
It is a robot that is used in radioactive areas and can carry over 200lbs. it is used to remove nuclear reactors.
What element is used for storing and transporting radioactive materials?
LEAD
The element used for storing and transporting radioactive materials is?
lead
What is the element used for storing and transporting radioactive material?
The correct answer is LEAD. You can find the same question/answer if you type in "The element used for storing and transporting radioactive materials is?" in the search bar.
What distinctive symbol is used to identify radioactive materials?
"The distinctive symbol used to identify radioactive materials is the
Why are radioactive materials used to date rocks rocks?
Radioactive materials decay at predictable rates
What is radioactive substances?
Radioactive substances are the things that put off radiation. These could be radioactive waste, or even radioactive materials not yet used.
Why is lead used as a radioactive shield?
it is because it is dense
What element protects people from radioactive substences?
This depends upon the radioactive challenge. Boron has a high neutron capture cross-section, hence the huge quantities of boron used to help sanitize the Chernobyl and Fukishima reactors. But ordinarily, simple massive materials such as massive concrete or lead are materials of choice.
What is the distinctive symbol used to identify radioactive materials?
Tri Blade
Is francium used in radioactive lasers?
Francium has an extremely short half life of about 20 minutes so no it is not. Radioactive lasers do not use radioactive materials anyway.
Is computer heat radioactive?
Maybe, b'cos of the small amounts of radioactive materials used in them( NOT SO SURE). that may affect us.
What is radioactive half-life used for?
to determine how long it will take to half of nuclids to decay, having use in radioactive materials operations
