Re: Plate Glass for Shielding

[Neon John <johngd@bellsouth.net>]

Neon John wrote:
> 
> barrym@stripe.colorado.edu wrote:
> >
> > Hi Everyone -
> >
> > Does anyone have a breakdown of the constituents of plate glass?  I'm
> > trying to determine it's ability to shield low energy x-rays.  Intuitively,
> > I'm sure this will be more than sufficient, but I'd like to be able to pass
> > on some information to the researcher.  Feel free to email me directly at
> > the address below.
> 
> Finally, something I'm current on :-)  (retirement does that to
> you.)

let's try this again with ALL the message.

Plate glass

70% silica sand
13% lime
12% soda
minor ingredients are proprietary to each manufacturer's process.

John
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