Corning Med-X® X-Ray Shielding Glass

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Corning Med-X® X-Ray Shielding Glass
Categories:	Ceramic; Glass
Material Notes:	Med-X® Glass provides transparent and safe protective shielding against X-ray radiation for medical, technical, and research applications. Its high lead and barium content, and wide thickness range, provides shielding against radiation from equipment operating in the 80 to 300 kV range. Corning Med-X Glass is compatible with a large range of installations and other viewing applications such as: Viewing windows for X-ray, angiography, CT scans; Screens for medical diagnostics; Protection windows/glove boxes in laboratories; Airport security X-ray screens; Lenses for safety goggles Information provided by Corning Incorporated.
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Physical Properties	Metric	English	Comments

Density	4.80 g/cc	0.173 lb/in³

Mechanical Properties	Metric	English	Comments
Hardness, Knoop	409	409	kg/mm²
Modulus of Elasticity	62.6 GPa	9080 ksi
Poissons Ratio	0.36	0.36
Shear Modulus	24.8 GPa	3600 ksi

Thermal Properties	Metric	English	Comments
CTE, linear	7.88 µm/m-°C	4.38 µin/in-°F

Optical Properties	Metric	English	Comments
Refractive Index	1.76	1.76	n_d
Transmission, Visible	>= 85 % @Wavelength >=55.0 nm, Thickness 5.00 mm	>= 85 % @Wavelength >=55.0 nm, Thickness 0.197 in

Component Elements Properties	Metric	English	Comments
Barium, Ba	17 %	17 %
Lead, Pb	52 %	52 %

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