KR102014527B1 - Multi-layered high energy radiation shielding material using polymer/lead-free metal composites and preparation method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a high-energy radiation shielding material having a multilayer structure using a polymer / non-linked metal composite material and a method and application thereof, and more specifically, to a film and a sheet made of bismuth-tin alloy powder and a polymer resin composed of a multilayer. Or a substrate in the form of a fabric; And a plate-shaped tungsten flake inserted between the layers of the substrate and arranged and fixed at a predetermined shape and at regular intervals on the surface of the substrate, such that the layers formed by the tungsten flakes fixed with the substrate are alternately stacked. Stacked in a multi-layer, the mutual position between the tungsten flakes of the adjacent layers are for a high-energy radiation shield of a multi-layer structure, characterized in that the center of the flakes are arranged so as not to coincide with each other. The multi-layered radiation shielding material according to the present invention is capable of using a combination of the shielding performance of tungsten and the radiation shielding performance of bismuth-tin alloy, thus exhibiting a very high shielding performance against high energy radiation as well as low energy radiation. It can be widely used to protect workers from protective clothing, protective equipment, radioactive waste packaging and packaging bags, and packaging material to block radiation sources.

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Multi-layered high energy radiation shielding material using polymer / lead-free metal composites and preparation method

The present invention relates to a high-energy radiation shielding material having a multilayer structure using a polymer / non-linked metal composite material and a method of manufacturing the same.

More specifically, the substrate in the form of a film, sheet or fabric consisting of bismuth-tin alloy powder and a polymer resin composed of a multilayer; And a plate-shaped tungsten flake inserted between the layers of the substrate and arranged and fixed at a predetermined shape and at regular intervals on the surface of the substrate, such that the layers formed by the tungsten flakes fixed with the substrate are alternately stacked. Stacked in a multi-layer, the mutual position between the tungsten flakes of the adjacent layers are arranged so that the centers of the flakes do not coincide with each other to block the radiation of the high energy radiation structure characterized in that the multi-layer structure.

In modern society, radiation is useful in various fields such as nuclear power plants, military equipment, medical radiation, and industrial radiation, but on the other hand, it is leaked by unintended accidents such as the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident and the recent Fukushima nuclear accident. It can also cause damage. Against this background, the demand for materials capable of shielding radiation is increasing. In particular, as seen in the Fukushima situation, it was difficult to secure the safety of workers working in the field because there was no suitable protective clothing for high-energy radiation.

Among the radiation shielding materials used to date, the most common radiation shielding material is lead, but it is not only toxic to human body when it is repeatedly contacted for a long time, but it is heavy to use as a radiation safety suit or shielding material and it is very harmful to human body when worn for a long time. It is a burden and also has the disadvantage of poor workability and flexibility compared to the polymer composite material.

The use of composite materials in which metal particles are dispersed in various polymers as a substitute for lead has the advantage of having excellent shielding performance of metals, processability and flexibility of polymers at the same time. In this regard, many patents including Korean Patent Publication Nos. 10-2011-0064988, 10-2011-0126934, etc. propose a polymer-metal composite radiation shielding material that changes the type, content, and manufacturing method of materials. Doing. However, the above-mentioned patents describe that various metal particles including lead can be used in the polymer-metal composite radiation shielding material, but have better radiation shielding performance than lead, and are more economical and workable. There are only a few metals that can be applied realistically. In particular, materials that can show as much shielding as lead against high-energy radiation are currently promising tungsten. However, tungsten has a higher specific gravity than lead, making it difficult to apply to work clothes. It is very hard to actually process.

Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2011-0064988. Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2011-0126934.

The present invention was developed to solve the above problems, a low melting point bismuth tin alloy powder having excellent radiation shielding performance as a substitute for lead, evenly dispersed by mixing with a polymer resin and extruded in an extruder to form a film or Extruded into a fibrous form and woven into a sheet to provide a shielding material with excellent radiation shielding performance in itself, as well as applying an adhesive thereon, and then uniformly placing tungsten flakes in a uniform shape to make tungsten and polymer-bismuth Forming a mixed sheet with a tin mixture and then laminating a sheet with the same tungsten flakes oriented in different positions on the mixed sheet to provide a high energy radiation multilayer (two or more layers) shielding composite sheet with pinhole protection through which radiation can pass. For that purpose. In this case, unlike the tungsten film, the multi-layered composite sheet has a property that the polymer-bismuth tin sheet is flexible and can be bent freely, and the more the multilayered composite is manufactured, the higher the shielding performance.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to provide an efficient multi-layered composite shielding material and a method of manufacturing the composite sheet can be produced to produce a high-energy radiation shielding structure, radiation protective clothing, shielding fabric, radioactive waste storage or transport bag. .

In the present invention, in order to solve the above problems by mixing a bismuth-tin alloy powder with a polymer resin composite resin manufacturing step of producing a composite resin; A substrate manufacturing step of manufacturing a substrate by extruding the composite resin in the form of a film or a sheet, or extruding it in a fibrous form, and then weaving the extruded fibers to form a fabric; A tungsten flake fixing step of fixing a plate-shaped tungsten flake which is arranged at a predetermined shape and at a predetermined interval on the surface of the substrate; And a plurality of layers laminated so that the layers formed by the tungsten flakes fixed to the substrate are alternately stacked, and the mutual positions between the tungsten flakes of the adjacent layers are arranged so that the centers of the flakes do not coincide with each other, and the substrate having no pinhole through which radiation passes It provides a method for producing a high-energy radiation shielding material having a multi-layer structure comprising the step of laminating the tungsten flakes.

In addition, the present invention is a substrate in the form of a film, sheet or fabric consisting of bismuth-tin alloy powder and a polymer resin composed of a multi-layer manufactured according to the production method; And a plate-shaped tungsten flake inserted between the layers of the substrate and arranged and fixed at a predetermined shape and at regular intervals on the surface of the substrate, such that the layers formed by the tungsten flakes fixed with the substrate are alternately stacked. Stacking in multiple layers, the mutual position between the tungsten flakes of the adjacent layers are arranged so that the center of the flakes do not coincide with each other to provide a high-energy radiation shielding material having a multi-layer structure characterized in that the pinhole through which radiation can pass.

The tungsten flakes are arranged at regular intervals on the composite sheet made of a polymer-low melting point bismuth-tin alloy prepared according to the present invention to prepare a single layer blocking sheet, and these sheets are laminated in multiple layers (two or more layers) to transmit radiation. It has no pinholes, has excellent barrier performance, and can produce flexible multilayer structures.

When manufacturing multi-layered structure, the tungsten flakes of polygonal or regular circular shape are arranged on the polymer-bismuth tin composite at regular intervals, and these sheets are laminated in multiple layers, and the centers of the tungsten flakes of different layers are arranged so that the radiation is transmitted through The high barrier property of tungsten can be used at the same time without any pinholes, and the multilayered structure manufactured by giving the flexibility that the tungsten film does not have by the multilayer structure can solve the problems of the conventional radiation shielding material composed of lead. It can be used in the manufacture of various radiation shielding equipment. This multi-layered composite can combine the shielding performance of tungsten with the radiation shielding performance of bismuth-tin alloys, resulting in a very high shielding performance against low-energy radiation and high-energy radiation such as gamma rays. It can be widely used to protect clothing, protective equipment, radiation waste packaging and packaging bags, and packaging material to block radiation sources.

In addition, the multilayered composite shielding material manufactured by the present invention can block high energy radiation (gamma rays) as well as low energy radiation, such as X-rays, even in a thin thickness, and thus can be applied as a low energy radiation shielding material.

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram showing a high-energy radiation shielding material of a multi-layer structure according to an embodiment of the present invention (a) a top view, (b) cross-sectional view, (c) side view when bending.
2 is a micrograph showing a cross section of an extruded film in which (a) a polymer and a bismuth tin alloy are melt mixed according to an embodiment of the present invention, and (b) shows a fibrous extruded body from an extruder nozzle.
3 is a photograph of a composite radiation shielding material in which tungsten flakes are uniformly attached at regular intervals according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail. The terms or words used in this specification and claims are not to be construed as limiting in their usual or dictionary meanings, and the inventors may appropriately define the concept of terms in order to best explain their invention in the best way possible. It should be interpreted as meaning and concept corresponding to the technical idea of the present invention based on the principle that the present invention.

In the present invention, in order to solve the above problems, the composite resin manufacturing step of kneading bismuth-tin alloy powder with a polymer resin to produce a composite resin; A substrate manufacturing step of manufacturing a substrate by extruding the composite resin in the form of a film or a sheet, or extruding it in a fibrous form, and then weaving the extruded fibers to form a fabric; A tungsten flake fixing step of fixing a plate-shaped tungsten flake which is arranged at a predetermined shape and at a predetermined interval on the surface of the substrate; And stacking the multilayered layers such that the layers formed by the tungsten flakes fixed to the substrate are alternately stacked, but the mutual positions between the tungsten flakes of adjacent layers do not coincide with each other so that the centers of the flakes disposed on the upper and lower layers do not coincide with each other. It provides a method for producing a high-energy radiation shielding material having a multi-layer structure comprising the step of laminating the substrate and tungsten flakes disposed adjacent to each other between the flake spacing of the lower layer.

According to the present invention, bismuth-tin (Bi-Sn) alloy powder having excellent radiation shielding performance as a non-linked metal is melt mixed with a polymer to be directly processed into a film or processed into a fibrous shape to be woven to form a sheet, and to have a uniform size and shape on the sheet. A polymer-metal composite radiation shielding material and a method of manufacturing the same, comprising (a) rectangular (tungsten) tungsten flakes arranged in such a way that the tungsten flakes intersect in different layers to prevent radiation from passing therethrough, and (a) Mixing the low melting bismuth-tin alloy powder with the polymer resin in a single screw or twin screw extruder or an internal mixer; (b) extrude the mixed composite resin in the form of a film or sheet, or extrude it into a fibrous form, and then weave the fabric. (c) Apply a thin adhesive to the fabricated film, sheet, or fabric and apply thin rectangular tungsten flakes on it. (D) Multi-layered (two or more layers) polymer-metal composite materials, which are produced by stacking sheets of tungsten flakes which are arranged at intervals and spaced apart, and stacking tungsten particles of different sheets alternately. The present invention relates to a shielding material capable of blocking high energy radiation (gamma rays) without a pin-hole, a method of manufacturing the same, and an application thereof.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, through the process (a), the bismuth-tin metal powder is melted in the extruder to be uniformly dispersed in the polymer matrix to form a pin-hole-free composite by itself. After that, if the film is processed into an extruded film in the process of (b), the film itself shows radiation shielding properties. Alternatively, if the fabric is made by weaving the fibers after fabricating the fibrous extrudates, the fabric itself also has a radiation shielding function. (C) thinly apply the adhesive in step (c), and then align the pieces of square tungsten flakes of uniform size at equal intervals, and (d) arrange the sheets in which the tungsten pieces are arranged alternately with the tungsten flakes of other layers. This makes it possible to manufacture pin-hole free radiation shields to block the emission of high energy radiation (gamma rays). The.

The radiation composite shielding material according to one embodiment of the present invention is manufactured with a radioactive waste transport bag or a radio shielding protective suit or protective device to protect workers from radiation-related high energy radiation (gamma-ray) exposure in a radiation-related business, Can be used as a bag. In addition, this structure can be used to manufacture special fabrics or packing films to cover related facilities in case of emergency of nuclear power plants.

In the present invention, a low melting point bismuth (Bi) -tin (Sn) alloy powder and tungsten flakes are used as the multi-layer metal material, and the bismuth-tin alloy has a photon energy of 29.2 KeV of K-edge of tin contained as a constituent element. As a result, it has a higher mass decay constant than lead in the range from this energy value up to 87.9 KeV, the photon energy of the K-edge of lead. In addition, tin has an advantage of significantly lowering the melting point when forming an alloy with another metal to improve workability. Therefore, bismuth having a mass decay constant almost equal to that of lead due to the atomic number being higher than lead, and bismuth-tin alloy formed by tin having a high mass decay constant have a low melting point of about 139 ° C. It can be easily mixed with the polymer and has excellent shielding performance of tin and bismuth, making it suitable as a substitute for lead which can be used for radiation shielding. In addition, the tungsten used in the present invention is made of thin flakes and can be bent freely by being arranged at regular intervals on the polymer / bismuth-tin composite film, so that the radiation shielding film, protective clothing, protective equipment and waste transport with high radiation shielding properties It may be used for manufacturing a packaging bag for transport.

In the manufacturing method of the high-energy radiation shielding material of the multilayer structure according to the embodiment of the present invention, the composite resin manufacturing step is to knead by mixing 100 to 500 parts by weight of bismuth-tin alloy powder with respect to 100 parts by weight of the polymer resin. Can be. More preferably, it may be composed of 100-500 parts by weight of low melting bismuth tin (58:42) alloy powder, 10-20 parts by weight of antioxidant, and 15-25 parts by weight of lubricant based on 100 parts by weight of the polymer resin.

A more specific method of manufacturing a multilayered radiation shielding material according to an embodiment of the present invention is as follows. First, 400 parts by weight of a low melting bismuth tin (58:42) alloy powder, 100 parts by weight of an antioxidant, and 15-25 parts by weight of a lubricant are prepared with respect to 100 parts by weight of the polymer resin, and a twin screw internal mixer is prepared. Add and mix. The low-melting tin bismuth alloy used at this time is an alloy having a bismuth content ratio of 58% and is an alloy having a low eutectic point of about 139 ^° C.

In this case, the polymer resin is chemically stable and does not easily deteriorate in physical properties, can be processed at low temperatures, and has a viscosity enough to uniformly disperse the metal powder. Polystyrene-butadiene-styrene copolymer, polystyrene-isoprene-styrene copolymer, polyvinyl acetate, poly olefin elastomer, polybutadiene, polyisoprene, polycarbonate and EPDM elastomer A mixture of (Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer) and the like in an appropriate ratio is preferable.

Among the polymer resins, polyvinylacetate is not only excellent in terms of processability, viscosity, and flexibility, but also increases in adhesiveness as the content of vinyl acetate increases, so that a material having a high content of vinyl acetate may be used. By using the above, it is possible to improve the interfacial adhesion when laminating a plurality of shielding materials, and in particular, in the case of a mixture of polyvinylacetate and polyolefin elastomer, the adhesive force of the mixture can be controlled by adjusting the ratio of polyvinyl acetate. .

In addition, since the polycarbonate (polycarbonate) of the polymer resin has a high strength near the melting point of the bismuth-tin alloy powder 139 ℃, it can be uniformly dispersed and mixed / kneaded bismuth-tin alloy powder without decomposition There is this.

The bismuth-tin alloy according to the embodiment of the present invention is harmless to the human body and has excellent radiation shielding performance, but it is not easy to uniformly disperse it in the polymer resin because of its high density. However, after being melted in the extruder, the viscosity is lowered when it is changed into a liquid phase, and the mixture is well mixed / kneaded uniformly without separation due to density difference in the polymer resin having a much higher viscosity than the liquid bismuth-tin.

Figure 1 is a (a) top view, (b) cross-sectional view, (c) side view when bending schematically showing a multi-layered high-energy radiation shielding material according to an embodiment of the present invention in more detail in one embodiment of the present invention The composite resin prepared according to the present invention is extruded in the form of a film or sheet, or extruded into a fibrous form, and then the adhesive is applied to a substrate prepared by weaving the extruded fibers to form a woven fabric. , Tungsten flakes (polygons or circles, such as triangles) are arranged at regular intervals as shown in Figs. 1 (a) and (b), and the tungsten flake attachment sheets thus prepared are laminated in multiple layers, but not less than two layers. Thus, the tungsten flakes in the odd and even layers are arranged in a staggered manner with their centers intersected with each other to prevent the formation of pinholes, thereby preventing the formation of pinholes. High energy radiation shielding materials can be produced.

High energy radiation shielding material of a multi-layer structure according to an embodiment of the present invention is characterized in that the radiation shielding performance of the tungsten flakes and the radiation shielding performance of the fabric layer containing bismuth tin alloy acts in combination to show a further improved radiation shielding performance. It is done.

In the manufacturing method of the high-energy radiation shielding material of the multi-layered structure according to the embodiment of the present invention, the tungsten thin surface may be circular or polygonal, more preferably triangular, square (square or rectangular) or circular.

In the method of manufacturing a high-energy radiation shielding material of a multi-layered structure according to an embodiment of the present invention, the tungsten flakes may be fixed to the substrate so that the distance between adjacent tungsten flakes is separated by a distance of two times or more than the thickness of the tungsten flakes. have. More specifically, as shown in (c) of FIG. 1, the multi-layer high energy radiation shielding material is characterized in that the space between the tungsten flakes is greater than the thickness of the tungsten film, and thus the fabric is bent freely.

In the method of manufacturing a high-energy radiation shielding material having a multi-layer structure according to an embodiment of the present invention, the lamination step of the substrate and tungsten flakes is as shown in (a) and (b) of FIG. It may include the step of laminating the substrate and the tungsten flakes to be located in the gap portion consisting of two or more adjacent flakes of the.

2 is a micrograph showing a cross section of an extruded film in which (a) a polymer and a bismuth tin alloy are melt mixed according to an embodiment of the present invention, and (b) shows a fibrous extruded body from an extruder nozzle. It is preferable to use a single screw or twin screw extruder, and in the case of an internal mixer, it is preferable to increase the rotation speed of the screw to 30 rpm or more and mix for 4-5 minutes.

At this time, in the substrate manufacturing step of manufacturing the substrate, the composite resin is extruded in the form of a film or sheet, or extruded in a fibrous form, and then the extruded fibers are woven into a fabric or a thin film form by connecting the extruded film to a T-die Can be processed directly with In order to produce a sheet of another form, as shown in Figure 2 (b) can be pulled into a fibrous shape, wherein the fibrous can be stretched according to the intended use to adjust its thickness.

In particular, the bismuth-tin alloy of the high-energy radiation shielding material according to the embodiment of the present invention is made of 58% bismuth and 42% tin, and is melted at around 139 degrees Celsius, with respect to 100 parts by weight of the polymer resin. The bismuth-tin alloy powder may be easily melt mixed and extruded in an extruder at a composition ratio of mixing 100 to 500 parts by weight. In addition, the polymer / bismuth-tin composite resin prepared in a single screw or twin screw extruder or an internal mixer may be fabricated after being extruded into a film or extruded into a fiber and then woven into a fabric.

In addition, the present invention is a substrate in the form of a film, sheet or fabric consisting of bismuth-tin alloy powder and a polymer resin composed of a multilayer; And a plate-shaped tungsten flake inserted between the layers of the substrate and arranged and fixed at a predetermined shape and at regular intervals on the surface of the substrate, such that the layers formed by the tungsten flakes fixed with the substrate are alternately stacked. Stacking in multiple layers, the mutual position between the tungsten flakes of the adjacent layers are arranged so that the centers of the flakes of the different layers do not coincide with each other to provide a high-energy radiation shield of a multi-layer structure.

In the multi-layer high-energy radiation shielding material according to the embodiment of the present invention, the polymer resin is polyethylene-propylene copolymer, polystyrene-butadiene-styrene copolymer, polystyrene-isoprene-styrene copolymer, polyvinylacetate (polyvinyl acetate), polyolefin elastomer, polybutadiene, polyisoprene, polycarbonate and EPDM elastomer (Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer) may be one polymer resin or a mixture of two or more thereof have.

In the multi-layer high energy radiation shielding material according to the embodiment of the present invention, the tungsten flakes may be fixed to the substrate so that the distance between adjacent tungsten flakes is separated by a distance of two times or more than the thickness of the tungsten flakes.

In the high-energy radiation shielding material of the multilayer structure according to the embodiment of the present invention, the tungsten flakes may be arranged in layers at intervals where the flake centers of one layer are adjacent to the flakes of the other layer.

High energy radiation shielding material of a multi-layered structure according to an embodiment of the present invention can be cut and manufactured by any one selected from radiation shielding protective clothing, protective equipment, radiation shielding packaging film, radioactive waste packaging container and packaging bag.

High energy radiation shielding material of a multi-layered structure according to an embodiment of the present invention can be cut and manufactured by any one selected from low-energy radiation (X-ray) shielding protective clothing, protective equipment and barrier film.

According to one embodiment of the present invention by cutting a high-energy radiation shielding material of a multi-layer structure can be produced radiation shielding protective clothing, protective equipment, radiation shielding packaging film, radioactive waste packaging container and packaging bag, high Energy radiation shielding materials have the advantage of being applicable to low energy radiation (X-ray) shielding suits, protective equipment and barriers.

The adhesive used in the tungsten flake fixing step of fixing the plate-shaped tungsten flakes arranged at a predetermined shape and at a predetermined interval on the surface of the substrate according to the present invention may include an epoxy or an acrylic adhesive as a general adhesive that is easy to apply. Can be. An adhesive may be coated on a sheet or substrate on which tungsten flakes are disposed to facilitate adhesion upon lamination with another sheet or substrate, or may be heat-sealed together with a slight pressure at a temperature above the glass transition temperature of the polymer used when laminating with another layer. By doing this, the multilayer sheet can be adhered well.

The polymer-metal composite mixture which has undergone the composite resin manufacturing step of kneading the bismuth-tin alloy powder according to the present invention into a composite resin to produce a composite resin is extruded in the form of a film or sheet, or extruded in a fibrous form and then extruded. While the fiber is woven into a woven fabric, the bismuth-tin alloy powder is deformed and oriented while undergoing a pressing process of manufacturing a substrate, and is processed into a thin sheet as shown in FIG. 3. Can be.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present disclosure. In particular, the technical spirit of the present invention and its core configuration and operation are not limited by this. In addition, the content of the present invention may be implemented in various other forms of equipment, not limited to the embodiments and embodiments described herein.

< Production Example >

Bismuth tin (58:42) having an average diameter of 20-38 μm of particles based on 100 parts by weight of a polymer obtained by mixing polyvinylacetate and polyolefin elastomer in a weight ratio of 7: 3 as the polymer resin for the matrix. 400 parts by weight of metal powder, 15 parts by weight of antioxidant, 20 parts by weight of lubricant were prepared, and the prepared polymer resin, bismuth-tin metal powder, antioxidant, and lubricant were added to a twin screw internal mixer at 100 ° C. at 30 rpm. Extruded.

The extruded fibrous linear extruded body was put into a mold having a mold thickness of 1, 3, and 5 mm, and pressed at 130 ° C. for 7 minutes at a pressure of 7 ton to prepare a film having a uniform thickness. After pressing, the pressure of the hot press was cooled to room temperature for 4 minutes while maintaining the pressure.

<Radiation Shield Test>

The radiation shielding properties of the polymer / bismuth-tin composite material shielding films prepared according to the above production examples were measured five by five depending on the experimental conditions. Irradiated cesium (Cs137) gamma rays with an accelerating voltage of 662 KeV (all measurements are the result of using a cesium radiation source from the Institute of Nuclear Safety), and the dose rate was calculated by dividing the dose after passing the shield by the dose before passage. Table 1 shows the gamma-ray shielding rate of the multilayer structure shielding material obtained as the value from 1 to 뺌. At this time, the thickness of the sheet was measured after fitting the prepared sheets in a multilayer using an adhesive.

thickness 1 mm 3 mm 5 mm 10 mm 15 mm 18 mm Shielding rate (measured value) 0.03 0.09 0.15 0.28 0.37 0.42

Table 1 shows the gamma-ray shielding rate (dose rate was 368 mGy / h as attenuation transfer energy and reliability was within 5.5%) according to the thickness of the polymer / bismuth-tin alloy (400phr) mixed film. According to the Beer-Lambert law, the exponential behavior is shown and the dose rate can be expressed as Ci = 0.99274 * exp (-0.030362 * x) with a correlation of more than 99% (x = composite thickness, mm). According to the equation, if only the polymer / bismuth-tin alloy composite is used, a total gamma ray shielding can be achieved within an error range if the total thickness is 98 mm or more.

In addition, the radiation shielding properties were measured using 5 pieces of each thickness to show the shielding properties of the tungsten thin film. The cesium (Cs137) gamma ray (measured by the Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety) whose acceleration voltage of the polymer / bismuth-tin electron was 662 KeV was investigated and the dose rate was calculated by dividing the dose after passing through the shielding by the dose before passing. At this time, the sheet was measured after fitting a 0.2 mm thick film and a 0.3 mm thick film by using an adhesive (epoxy) in a multilayer.

thickness 0.2mm 0.3mm 0.5mm 0.8mm 1 mm Shielding rate (measured value) 0.05 0.07 0.12 0.17 0.20

Table 2 shows cesium (Cs137) gamma-ray shielding rate (dose rate was 368 mGy / h as attenuation energy and reliability was 5.5%) according to the thickness of tungsten film. Exponential behavior according to the Lambert law and fitted to a 99% correlation, the dose rate is expressed as Ci = 0.98912 * exp (-0.21659 * x) (x = composite thickness, mm). According to this equation, the use of tungsten film alone can achieve gamma-ray shielding of this energy within 14 mm thickness error.

In the case of the multilayer radiation shielding material, radiation attenuation occurs independently in each layer, and thus, the dose rate and shielding rate of the multilayer radiation shielding material can be obtained by using the equations obtained here. To confirm this, tungsten flakes were laminated on the polymer / bismuth-tin alloy composite sheet according to the thickness of 10mm, and the results of the dose rate and shielding rate were measured and the calculated results are shown in Table 3.

Tungsten flake thickness 0.2mm 0.3mm 0.5mm 0.8mm 1 mm Shielding rate (measured value) 0.32 0.33 0.36 0.39 0.42 Formula calculations in Table 1 and Table 2 0.32 0.33 0.36 0.4 0.42

Table 3 shows the gamma-ray shielding rate (dose rate was 368 mGy / h in attenuated transfer energy and reliability was within 5.5%) according to the thickness of tungsten flakes on 10mm polymer-bismuth tin composite sheet. In the almost identical calculations, tungsten flakes were placed on the polymer / bismuth-tin alloy composite sheet, indicating that the gamma-ray blocking effect acts as a barrier to the blocking effect of the two sheets. Assuming that a 10 mm thick polymer / bismuth-tin sheet is used, it can be seen that if the thickness of the tungsten sheet is 12 mm, the gamma rays used are almost blocked within the error range.

As another example, the measured values when the single layer of tungsten 0.5 mm flakes and the two layers of the polymer / bismuth-tin alloy composite film were raised are illustrated in Table 4 below.

Polymer / Bismuth-Tin Sheet Thickness 1 mm 3 mm 5 mm 10 mm 15 mm 18 mm Fault (measured value) 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.37 0.45 0.49 2nd floor (measured value) 0.27 0.36 0.44 0.6 0.69 0.74 3rd floor (calculated value) 0.38 0.49 0.58 0.75 0.83 0.87

Table 4 shows the gamma-ray shielding rate (dose rate was 368 mGy / h as damping transfer energy and reliability was within 5.5%) when the tungsten 0.5 mm flakes were placed on the polymer / bismuth-tin composite sheet. The monolayer and the second layer are the measured results and the third layer is the calculated value. The polymer / bismuth-tin composite sheet is also found to be very effective in blocking gamma rays.

Table 5 shows the results of calculating the gamma-ray shielding rate (dose rate calculated as 368 mGy / h as attenuated transfer energy) when 1 mm thick tungsten film was laminated on a 1 mm thick polymer / bismuth-tin composite (400phr) film. If more than 8 floors can be seen that more than 90% of gamma rays are blocked.

Floor One 2 3 4 5 6 3rd floor (calculated value) 0.224 0.4 0.53 0.64 0.72 0.78

1: BiSn (containing) woven fabric, 2: upper tungsten flakes, 3: lower tungsten flakes

Claims (12)

A composite resin manufacturing step of kneading bismuth-tin alloy powder with a polymer resin to produce a composite resin;
A substrate manufacturing step of manufacturing the substrate by extruding the composite resin in the form of a film or a sheet, or extruding the fibrous form, and then weaving the extruded fibers to form a fabric;
A tungsten flake fixing step of fixing a plate-shaped tungsten flake which is arranged at a predetermined shape and at a predetermined interval on the surface of the substrate;
Wherein the layer formed by the tungsten flakes to be fixed to the substrate is laminated in multiple layers so as to alternately stacked, the mutual position between the tungsten flakes of the adjacent layers include the step of laminating the substrate and tungsten flakes arranged so that the center of the flakes do not coincide with each other. ,
Laminating step of the base material and the tungsten flakes is a method of manufacturing a high-energy radiation shielding material having a multi-layer structure, characterized in that the center of the flakes of one layer is located in the interval consisting of two or more flakes of the other layer. The method according to claim 1,
The composite resin manufacturing step is a method for producing a high-energy radiation shielding material having a multi-layer structure, characterized in that by mixing 100 to 500 parts by weight of bismuth-tin alloy powder with respect to 100 parts by weight of the polymer resin. The method according to claim 1,
The polymer resin may be polyethylene-propylene copolymer, polystyrene-butadiene-styrene copolymer, polystyrene-isoprene-styrene copolymer, polyvinyl acetate, polyolefin elastomer, polybutadiene, polyisoprene, A method for producing a high energy radiation shielding material having a multilayer structure, characterized in that it is one kind of polymer resin or a mixture of two or more kinds selected from the group consisting of polycarbonate and EPDM elastomer. The method according to claim 1,
The tungsten flakes are a circular or polygonal manufacturing method of the high-energy radiation shielding material, characterized in that the. The method according to claim 1,
The tungsten flakes are fixed to the substrate such that the distance between adjacent tungsten flakes are separated by a distance of at least two times the thickness of the tungsten flakes manufacturing method of a high-energy radiation shielding material having a multi-layer structure. delete A substrate in the form of a film, sheet or fabric composed of bismuth-tin alloy powder and a polymer resin composed of multiple layers; And
A plate-shaped tungsten flake which is inserted between the layers of the substrate and arranged and fixed at a predetermined shape and at regular intervals on the surface of the substrate,
The layers formed by the tungsten flakes to be fixed to the substrate are laminated in multiple layers so as to be alternately stacked, the mutual position between the tungsten flakes of the adjacent layers are arranged so that the centers of the flakes do not coincide with each other,
The arrangement of the layers of the tungsten flakes is a multi-layer high energy radiation shielding material, characterized in that the center of the flakes of one layer is located in the interval consisting of two or more flakes of the other layer. The method according to claim 7,
The base polymer resin may be polyethylene-propylene copolymer, polystyrene-butadiene-styrene copolymer, polystyrene-isoprene-styrene copolymer, polyvinyl acetate, polyolefin elastomer, polybutadiene, polyisoprene, A high-energy radiation shielding material having a multilayer structure, characterized in that one kind of polymer resin or a mixture of two or more kinds selected from the group consisting of polycarbonate and EPDM elastomer. The method according to claim 7,
The tungsten flakes are multi-layer high-energy radiation shielding material, characterized in that the interval between adjacent tungsten flakes is fixed to the substrate spaced at a distance more than twice the thickness of the tungsten flakes. delete The method according to claim 7
The high-energy radiation shielding material of the multilayer structure is cut and manufactured by any one selected from radiation shielding protective clothing, protective equipment, radiation shielding packaging film, radiation waste packaging container and packaging bag. . The method according to claim 7
The high-energy radiation shielding material of the multi-layered structure, characterized in that the cut is made of any one selected from low-energy radiation (X-ray) shielding protective clothing, protective equipment and barrier film.

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