CALCULATIONS OF THE PASSAGE OF GAMMA-QUANTA THROUGH 
A POLYMER RADIATION-PROTECTIVE COMPOSITE

V. I. Pavlenko, V. M. Lipkanskii, and
R. N. Yastrebinskii

UDC 678.046.3

We have investigated the radiation-protective characteristics 
of a thermoplastic polystyrene composite material filled with a 
high-dispersion modified lead oxide as well as the dependences of 
the energy (flux) build-up and transmission factors and albedos 
on the energy and protective-shield thickness. Calculations of 
the integral characteristics of the radiation-protective properties 
of materials have been done.

Belgorod State Technical University, 46 Kostyukov Str., Belgorod, 
308012, Russia; email: kafnx@intbel.ru. Translated from 
Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 77, No. 1, pp. 12-14, January-
February, 2004. Original article submitted April 9, 2003.