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This historic 1950 image, provided by the Center for Disease Control's (CDC), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), depicted two men wearing business suites, who were in the process of setting up a display, based on information pertinent to the study of atomic energy, and properties associated with radioactivity. This image was published in a 1951 edition of the “Industrial Hygiene Newsletter”, and showed a number of blocks of various materials, which included (Lt. to Rt.) a 12”-thick brick and mortar block, an 8”-thick brick and mortar block, a 9”-thick wood block, an 8”-thick concrete block, a 12”-thick concrete block, and a 1”-thick steel plate. The strength of these materials was being tested, relative to how each would withstand the blast of an atomic bomb (see pictures on the wall at right). How far radiation penetrates various materials of varying thicknesses, may also have been tested.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ Barbara Jenkins, NIOSH
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Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
Biological Sciences
Chemicals and Drugs
Diseases
Health Care
Physical Sciences
Technology and Food and Beverages
Copyright Restrictions: None - This image is in the public domain and thus free of any copyright restrictions.