Sentences with phrase «radiation shields»

For example, medical office buildings require elaborate HVAC systems, radiation shields and sound control.

They are known as radiation shields, and are commonly used in high temperature furnaces and cryogenic containers.

There are also metal (thermal) radiation shields sitting intermediately between the inner very cold area and the outside which limit the heat flow from the outside, much as greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, limit the rate at which the surface cools.

Make this capsule in the same manner as dewar flasks — that is a vacuum layer between all the radiation shields; and,

It should be possible to build radiation shields that allow objects to sit in fields without being affected by them.

The discovery of the new radiation shielding protein reveals another trick these tough animals have up their sleeve.

Earlier this year, we saw that Belly Armor — the definitive resource for expecting mothers and families to protect their children against the harmful effects of everyday radiation — launched a new line of infant hats with radiation shielding fabric.

The heart of the experiment is the enormous detector, which is shielded by three - foot - thick concrete walls that serve as a radiation shield.

Thirty years ago, the Montreal Protocol was agreed to phase - out chemicals destroying the ozone layer, the UV - radiation shield in the Earth's stratosphere.

The crew will need a module that will keep them alive for the duration of the trip, including all their food, radiation shielding, and a separate pod to protect them during the high - speed re-entry into Earth's atmosphere.

«Current levels of radiation shielding would, at best, modestly decrease the exposure risks.»

Astronauts could drink the water or use it as a radiation shield.

After several yearlong asteroid missions, incremental improvements to life - support systems and radiation shielding will pave the way to Mars.

If deemed necessary, countermeasures for immunity could include new types of radiation shielding, nutritional supplementation, pharmaceuticals and more.

The camera head includes a 58 degree FOV lens, a CCD detector with integral filter, and approximately 2 kilograms of radiation shielding.

As originally proposed, Junocam was to be a copy of the MSL MARDI instrument with additional radiation shielding and a «pushframe» color filter array in place of the «Bayer pattern» filters of MARDI.

The water around the reactor core serves as three things: a neutron moderator, meaning it slows down the fast neutrons released during fission, which then sustain the chain reaction; a cooling agent; and a radiation shield.

It will carry heavy radiation shielding to protect it from the dangerous particles zipping around Jupiter's powerful magnetic field.

From your (informitive) link: «In the mid - and late - 1980s, the widely used air temperature radiation shield called the Cotton Region Shelter (CRS) was gradually replaced by the Maximum and Minimum Temperature System (MMTS) in the cooperative weather station network.

How is radiation shielding designed?

The advantages are said to be: 1) the pressure drop caused by the mesh spreads the airflow evenly over the full surface of the absorber, and 2) the first layer of mesh acts as a radiation shield to reduce the radiation from the hotter inner layers toward the glazing.

They can also have approximately isothermal (or at any rate, nonconvective) lower regions, when layers considerably more opaque to sunlight than to thermal radiation shield them from further insolation.

These are the factors that influence the effectiveness of both the MMTS and LIG radiations shields.»

The tipping point for Mars was probably when the iron core cooled off enough to solidify and its radiation shield vanished paving the way for it to be stripped of its water.

You tell me what business, what economy, what country can operate without air, water, food, energy, material, climate control regulation, an ultraviolet radiation shield, pollination, seed dispersal, water purification and distribution through the hydrological cycle, flood control, and insect control.

Interviewed and trained support persons for creation of a radiation shielding plan review department.

Not exact matches

The Japanese raised the bed so they could hide underneath during earthquakes, the Indonesians added inflatable elements so they could float in tsunamis, the Chinese added tents to shield from radiation.»

Radiation shielding to minimize dangerous solar and cosmic radiation that are far less of an issue within the protective boundaries of Earth's magnetic field.

Soil is a great shield from radiation, Buddemeier says, so ducking into a home with a basement would be better than going into a place without.

Besides cars, the poorest shelters are made of wood, plaster, and other materials that don't shield against much radiation — about 20 % of houses fall into this category.

There was some form of canopy made of of a water vapor which shielded everything from the suns harmful types of radiation.

And if the ozone layer of the upper atmosphere were thinner it would be ineffective in shielding ultraviolet radiation and life would not be possible.

An innovative infeed and out - feed conveyor reduces sanitation time while eliminating the need for radiation - shielding curtains.

80 keV (125 times less than permitted) With additional safety aspects we furthermore guarantee the absolutely safe use of our X-ray systems in the inspection of products in the food sector: - We only use low - energy, soft X-rays - X-ray voltage and current are individually adapted for every product - The X-ray tube is hermetically shielded - All the radiation protection covers are monitored by safety switches - X-rays can only be turned on if the system functions perfectly

Stainless steel fibers & cotton - polyester blended fabric with electromagnetic shielding performance, reduces the risk of everyday radiation.

With less atmospheric shielding, there is more exposure to radiation.

We have the engineering ability to create radiation - shielded cities by going underground.

«Our infrared shielding coating, with 10 - nanometer antimony - doped tin oxide nanoparticles, blocks more than 90 per cent of near - infrared radiation, while transmitting more than 80 per cent of visible light,» says Huang.

And while ozone high in the atmosphere helps shield Earth from the sun's ultraviolet radiation, at ground level, it mixes with fine particulates to form breath - choking smog.

As a general clarification, ounce for ounce, coal ash released from a power plant delivers more radiation than nuclear waste shielded via water or dry cask storage.

Space scientists from the University of New Hampshire (UNH) and the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) report that data gathered by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) show lighter materials like plastics provide effective shielding against the radiation hazards faced by astronauts during extended space travel.

Says Zeitlin, «This is the first study using observations from space to confirm what has been thought for some time — that plastics and other lightweight materials are pound - for - pound more effective for shielding against cosmic radiation than aluminum.

Shielding can't entirely solve the radiation exposure problem in deep space, but there are clear differences in effectiveness of different materials.»

The space environment poses significant risks to both humans and satellites due to harmful radiation from galactic cosmic rays and solar energetic particles that can easily penetrate typical shielding and damage electronics.

It is a dense absorbing material that is perfect for shielding the detector from incoming radiation.

Their suggestions include using a nanotechnology called «resistive memory» to keep electronics humming and using carbon nanotube shielding — originally made by NASA to shield spacecraft from radiation — for protection.

With heavily shielded spaceships, perhaps we will brave Jupiter's deadly radiation belts.

Earth's magnetosphere extends over a radius of a million kilometers, which acts as the first line of defence, shielding us from the continuous flow of solar and galactic cosmic rays, thus protecting life on our planet from these high intensity energetic radiations.

When astronauts are outside of Earth's magnetic field, spaceships provide only limited shielding from radiation exposure, explains study leader Robert D. Hienz, Ph.D., an associate professor of behavioral biology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Davis says she wouldn't want to see radiation - sensitive astronauts kept from future missions to the moon or Mars, but she would want those astronauts to be prepared to take special precautions to protect their brains, such as wearing extra shielding or not performing space walks.