Self-Extinguishing Boron Polyethylene

Boron polyethylene is also available with self-extinguishing property. It extinguishes by itself in absence of flame. Boron Polyethylene with its high hydrogen & boron content makes it a very useful shielding material in areas of Low & Intermediate Neutron Flux. The Boron attenuates thermal neutrons and reduces the level of capture gamma rays, while the high hydrogen content thermalizes fast neutron. The above products are available with boron concentration in range of 1% to 30%.

Features :

• Excellent neutron shielding material with self-extinguishing property
• High hydrogen & boron content
• Lightweight material can be machined & shaped with standard tools
• Available in slabs, bricks, cylinders, rods, and tubes of different sizes
• Can be manufactured into custom molds to create application specific shielding forms

Applications :

• Making Shielding doors
• Nuclear Spectroscopy, Interlock shielding blocks
• Nuclear Therapy, Neutron Instrumentation
• Nuclear Power Plant
• Beam Lines
• Transport Storages & Packing of radioactive materials, etc.
• Male-female inserts to ensure radiation leakage-free system
• Used for criticality control where an effective thermal neutron poison is required