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Manufacturing and property evaluations of X-ray shielding fabric and pattern making of vests

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This study proposes to make protective vests with X-ray shielding effectiveness. X-ray shielding powders are coated onto sandwich air mesh fabrics (SAMF), which are then coated with another layer of powders to form a continuous surface; thus forming double-layer X-ray shielding fabric. The tensile strength of SAMF is first evaluated, after which a stereomicroscope and scanning electron microscope (SEM) observe the X-ray shielding fabric and double-layer X-ray shielding fabrics. Next, an X-ray shielding effect test measures them. The double-layer X-ray shielding fabrics are then tailored into X-ray shielding protective vests using vest patterns. The test results show that the X-ray shielding powders can combine well with SAMF by using urethane resin, and as a result, the X-ray shielding effectiveness is proportional to the content of the powders. The double-layer X-ray shielding fabrics exhibit an optimal X-ray shielding effectiveness due to their double-layer structure. The combination of SAMF provides flexibility to the protective vest regardless of the coating of X-ray shielding powders.

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  1. Laboratory of Fiber Application and Manufacturing, Department of Fiber and Composite Materials, Feng Chia University, Taichung, 40724, Taiwan, R.O.C.

    Jia-Horng Lin & Shih-Peng Wen

  2. School of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, 40402, Taiwan, R.O.C.

    Jia-Horng Lin

  3. Department of Fashion Design, Asia University, Taichung, 41354, Taiwan, R.O.C.

    Jia-Horng Lin

  4. Institute of Nuclear Energy Research (INER), Taoyuan, 32546, Taiwan, R.O.C.

    Jen-Chieh Chung, Yu-Zhen Zeng, Yu-Chang Liu & Yung-Fang Lu

  5. Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science, Taichung, 40601, Taiwan, R.O.C.

    Ching-Wen Lou

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Lin, JH., Chung, JC., Zeng, YZ. et al. Manufacturing and property evaluations of X-ray shielding fabric and pattern making of vests. Fibers Polym 16, 216–222 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12221-015-0216-5

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