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Sample lead ?brick? with dove-tailed edges and top on display

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Sample lead ?brick? with dove-tailed edges and top on display
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Sample lead ‘brick’ with dove-tailed edges and top on display mount, by Graviner Manufacturing Company, Gosport, Hampshire, 1960-1965. Used for building screen shielding walls around radioactive sources.

Details

Category:
Nuclear Physics
Object Number:
1967-103
Materials:
lead (metal), wood composites and Melamine resin
Measurements:
overall: 140 mm x 155 mm x 130 mm, 6.69 kg
brick: 130 mm x 100 mm x 75 mm,
type:
lead shielding
credit:
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority.