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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
May. 16, 2011
Applicants:
Paul Daniel Brindza, Yorktown, VA (US);
Bert Clayton Metzger, Seatord, VA (US);
Inventors:
Paul Daniel Brindza, Yorktown, VA (US);
Bert Clayton Metzger, Seatord, VA (US);
Assignee:
JEFFERSON SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, LLC, Newport News, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C04B 16/04 (2006.01); C04B 24/28 (2006.01); C08K 3/20 (2006.01); C08L 67/03 (2006.01); C08K 3/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C04B 16/04 (2013.01); C04B 24/283 (2013.01); C08K 3/18 (2013.01); C08K 3/20 (2013.01); C08L 67/03 (2013.01);
Abstract
A lightweight concrete containing polyethylene terephthalate in an amount of 20% by total volume. The concrete is enriched with hydrogen and is therefore highly effective at thermalizing neutrons. The concrete can be used independently or as a component of an advanced neutron radiation shielding system.