VACUUM COMPATIBLE X-RAY SHIELD

Methods and apparatus are disclosed for providing an X-ray shield within an ultra-high vacuum enclosure. A shell is fabricated, leak-tested, filled with an X-ray shielding material, and sealed. An elongated twisted X-ray shield can be deployed within a pump-out channel of an electron microscope or s...

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Hauptverfasser:	Smit, Casper, de Groot, Rients Jan, Dona, Pleun
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS DECONTAMINATION ARRANGEMENTS THEREFOR ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS ELECTRICITY NUCLEAR ENGINEERING NUCLEAR PHYSICS PHYSICS PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULARRADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT TREATING RADIOACTIVELY CONTAMINATED MATERIAL
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Zusammenfassung:	Methods and apparatus are disclosed for providing an X-ray shield within an ultra-high vacuum enclosure. A shell is fabricated, leak-tested, filled with an X-ray shielding material, and sealed. An elongated twisted X-ray shield can be deployed within a pump-out channel of an electron microscope or similar equipment. The shield can incorporate lead within a stainless-steel shell, with optional low-Z cladding outside the shell. Further variations are disclosed.