A spacecraft and spacesuit having a radiation shield are disclosed. The shield comprises a hydrogen-containing material encapsulated or bound in a polymer. The hydrogen-containing material has a higher hydrogen content than polyethylene. The hydrogen-containing material may be: encapsulated in a polymer container, sandwiched between layers of polymer, mixed with a polymer as binder, or held in the pores of a polymer foam. The hydrogen may be a hydride or borohydride such as beryllium borohydride, ammonium octahydrotriborate, lithium borohydride tetramethyl ammonium borohydride and beryllium hydride. Methods of manufacturing the shield are also disclosed.
RADIATION SHIELD
STRAHLUNGSABSCHIRMUNG
BOUCLIER DE PROTECTION CONTRE RADIATION
2022-05-11
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS / C08K Verwendung von anorganischen oder nichtmakromolekularen organischen Stoffen als Zusatzstoffe , USE OF INORGANIC OR NON-MACROMOLECULAR ORGANIC SUBSTANCES AS COMPOUNDING INGREDIENTS / D01D MECHANICAL METHODS OR APPARATUS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF MAN-MADE FILAMENTS, THREADS, FIBRES, BRISTLES OR RIBBONS , Mechanische Verfahren oder Vorrichtungen für die Herstellung von produzierten Filamenten, Zwirnen, Fasern, Borsten oder Bändern / D01F Chemische Gesichtspunkte bei der Herstellung von produzierten Filamenten, Zwirnen, Fasern, Borsten oder Bändern , CHEMICAL FEATURES IN THE MANUFACTURE OF MAN-MADE FILAMENTS, THREADS, FIBRES, BRISTLES OR RIBBONS / G21F Schutz gegen Röntgenstrahlung, Gammastrahlung, Korpuskularstrahlung oder Teilchenbeschuss , PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT |