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Metallic lead - General data

Author: François WILMOTTE

Publication date: June 10, 2014

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5. Radiation protection

5.1 X-ray protection

The thickness of the lead shielding required to reduce the exposure rate due to incident X-rays to below the maximum permissible dose, at 1 m from the X-ray source, is given for different intensities by the curves in figure 7 (according to NF C 74-100).

Lead X-ray protection
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