Because of its excellent radiation shielding capability and high light transmittance, radiation shielding lead glass LX-57B of Nippon Electric Glass (NEG) has many medical and laboratory applications, as well as being widely used in nuclear power industries. Since the LX- 57B glass is melted in a tank furnace and rolled continuously, NEG is able to supply large-size and high-quality LX-57B glass readily upon demand.
Radiation shielding glasses are used where transparent protection against ionizing radiation is necessary. Radiation shielding glass is used in X-ray rooms, opera-ting theatres, radiation the-rapy rooms, dental clinics, laboratories, and for material testing. Applications include observation windows and in-tercommunication windows, door glazings, panoramic glazings, mobile protection walls, protective panels for check-up systems.