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Nuclear Technology | Volume 10 | Number 3 | March 1971 | Pages 322-324
Technical Paper | Shielding | doi.org/10.13182/NT71-A30965
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The preparation and properties of LiPb are described, and its use suggested for neutron shields, collimators, filters, and antiscatter grids where gamma contamination must be kept at a minimum. The material is relatively inexpensive, easily handled and fabricated, and stable in air at temperatures over 200°C and in neutron fluxes of the order of 1012 n/(cm2 sec).