What’s so special about Lead that it’s used so extensively when working with radioactive substances?

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Why can’t we use like a sheet of Gold or something

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Lead is:

1. Very dense
2. Very cheap

Material density is pretty much the simplest way to make radiation shielding, and lead is very, very dense. While gold is denser than lead, gold is many thousands of times more expensive than lead, which can be had for a few dollars per kilo.

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