Description
Applications
- Viewing windows for X-Ray, Angiography Rooms, CT Scans.
- Screens for medical diagnostics.
- Protection windows in laboratories.
- Airport security X-ray screens.
- Lenses for safety goggles.
Key Benefits
- Shields against X-Rays from equipment operating in the 80 to 300 kV range.
- High Barium and lead content providing optimum protection with excellent visual clarity.
- Supplied as polished plates cut to customer requirements up to 2800 x 1400 mm, allowing architects to design viewing windows with a wider field of vision.
- Also available in sizes cut specifically to customer requirements (with cut edges ground or polished and finished with safety chamfers).
- Extensive stocks held in all plate sizes and thicknesses at distribution points worldwide, for immediate cutting and despatch.
Physical Properties
Optical Properties
- Refractive Index nd: 1.76
- Transmission % @ 550nm through 5mm path: ≥85.0
Mechanical Properties
- Torsion Modulus (Gpa): 24.8
Chemical Properties
- Heavy oxide content: <70%
| Glass Thickness | Minimum lead equivalence (mm) for stated X-Ray tube voltage | Max. Plate Mass | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mm | inches | 80kV | 100kV | 110kV | 150kV | 200kV | 250kV | 300kV | kg/m2 | lbs/ft2 |
| 4.0 – 5.5 | 0.157 – 0.217 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 26.4 | 5.4 |
| 5.0 – 6.5 | 0.197 – 0.256 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 31.2 | 6.4 |
| 5.7 – 7.0 | 0.224 – 0.276 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 33.6 | 6.9 |
| 7.0 – 8.5 | 0.276 – 0.335 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 40.8 | 8.4 |
| 8.5 – 10.0 | 0.335 – 0.395 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 48 | 9.8 |
| 10.0 – 12.0 | 0.394 – 0.472 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 57.6 | 11.8 |
| 11.0 – 13.0 | 0.433 – 0.512 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 62.4 | 12.8 |
| 12.0 – 14.0 | 0.472 – 0.551 | 4 | 3.8 | 4 | 3.5 | 3 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 67.2 | 13.8 |
| 14.0 – 16.0 | 0.551 – 0.630 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 76.8 | 15.7 |
| 16.0 – 18.0 | 0.630 – 0.709 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 4 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 86.4 | 17.7 |
| 18.0 – 20.0 | 0.709 – 0.787 | 6 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 96 | 19.7 |
