low-background steel
"Low-background steel" is highly valued for its minimal radioactive contamination, making it essential for precise scientific and medical applications.
🇺🇸 US Voice:
🇬🇧 UK Voice:
Definition
C1Material Science
(technical)Steel produced before nuclear testing, with minimal radioactive contamination.
Example
- Low-background steel is used in the construction of sensitive scientific instruments.
- The purity of low-background steel makes it ideal for medical devices.
C1Historical
(technical)Steel from before 1945, often sourced from shipwrecks, free from contamination by modern radioisotopes.
Example
- Steel from pre-1945 shipwrecks is considered low-background steel due to its lack of radioactive contamination.
Similar
Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "low-background steel":