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US 2017/0321306 A1Published application
Radiation shielding and mitigating alloys, methods of manufacture thereof and articles comprising the same
AssigneeUniversity of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
InventorsMICHELE VIOLA MANUEL, HUNTER B. HENDERSON, KELLY A. JORDAN
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure include compositions that include magnesium and gadolinium or magnesium and one or more metals.
Claims16
A first composition comprising:
- magnesium;
- where the magnesium is present in an amount of about 50 to 99.5 wt %;
- based on the total weight of the composition;
- and
- gadolinium.
2 more elements
A second composition comprising
- magnesium;
- where the magnesium is present in an amount of about 50 to 99.5 wt %;
- based on the total weight of the composition;
- and
- one or more metals;
- where the metals are aluminum, boron, manganese, scandium, lithium, yttrium, zinc, calcium or zirconium;
- where the composition is devoid of gadolinium.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.