{"id":106942,"date":"2020-05-11T17:49:36","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T00:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/study-suggests-polymer-composite-could-serve-as-lighter-non-toxic-radiation-shielding"},"modified":"2020-05-11T17:49:36","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T00:49:36","slug":"study-suggests-polymer-composite-could-serve-as-lighter-non-toxic-radiation-shielding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/study-suggests-polymer-composite-could-serve-as-lighter-non-toxic-radiation-shielding","title":{"rendered":"Study suggests polymer composite could serve as lighter, non-toxic radiation shielding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/study-suggests-polymer-composite-could-serve-as-lighter-non-toxic-radiation-shielding2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A new study from researchers at North Carolina State University suggests that a material consisting of a polymer compound embedded with bismuth trioxide particles holds tremendous potential for replacing conventional radiation shielding materials, such as lead.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/bismuth\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">bismuth<\/a> trioxide compound is lightweight, effective at shielding against ionizing radiation such as <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/gamma+rays\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">gamma rays<\/a>, and can be manufactured quickly\u2014making it a promising material for use in applications such as <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/space+exploration\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">space exploration<\/a>, medical imaging and <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/radiation+therapy\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">radiation therapy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTraditional radiation shielding materials, like lead, are often expensive, heavy and toxic to human health and the environment,\u201d says Ge Yang, an assistant professor of nuclear engineering at NC State and corresponding author of a paper on the work. \u201cThis proof-of-concept study shows that a bismuth trioxide compound could serve as effective radiation shielding, while mitigating the drawbacks associated with traditional shielding materials.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new study from researchers at North Carolina State University suggests that a material consisting of a polymer compound embedded with bismuth trioxide particles holds tremendous potential for replacing conventional radiation shielding materials, such as lead. The bismuth trioxide compound is lightweight, effective at shielding against ionizing radiation such as gamma rays, and can be [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":513,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,38,1495],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-engineering","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106942\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}