Ceramic radiation shield and radiation detector using same

• Main Authors: FURUICHI SHINJI, SASAKI TAKEO, TSUNOTA KENICHI, YAMADA NOBUYUKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 17.12.2002
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: ADHESIVES; ARTIFICIAL STONE; CEMENTS; CERAMICS; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF, e.g. MORTARS, CONCRETE OR LIKE BUILDINGMATERIALS; CONCRETE; DYES; LIME, MAGNESIA; MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FORELSEWHERE; MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION; MEASURING; METALLURGY; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; NATURAL RESINS; PAINTS; PHYSICS; POLISHES; REFRACTORIES; SLAG; TESTING; TREATMENT OF NATURAL STONE

Sintered ceramics having such high radiation shielding capability and so easy to machine that they can be used as a radiation shield for radiation detectors are disclosed. The ceramics show a radiation shielding capability more than 90% and preferably have high light reflecting performance. They may comprises rare-earth oxides such as gadolinium oxide, oxide of at least one of vanadium, tantalum and niobium and alkali-earth oxide which is used for a sintering agent. They can be used as a radiation shield in place of a molybdenum or tungsten radiation shielding plate and also as a light reflecting film instead of titanium dioxide film in a radiation detector for radiation CT equipment.