Sintered body for radiation shielding material, radiation shielding material, and method for producing the same

Abstract

As a sintered body for a radiation shielding material, which can effectively shield mainly low-energy-level neutrons, that is, thermal neutrons and lower, slow neutrons, and has excellent physical properties such as bending strength and Vickers hardness, leading to high machining strength, a sintered body for a radiation shielding material comprising LiF ranging between 99 wt. % to 5 wt. %, and one or more fluorides selected from among MgF2, CaF2, AlF3, KF, NaF, and/or YF3 ranging between 1 wt. % to 95 wt. %, having physical properties of a relative density of 92% or more, a bending strength of 50 MPa or more, and a Vickers hardness of 100 or more, is provided.

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