Medical
High density.
Extremely high shielding performance.
Containers and shielding for radioactive materials, and collimators in magnetic resonance (MRT) equipment. Radioactive source containers, gamma radiography, shields, and more. Freight inspection equipment and X-Ray devices also contain tungsten alloys.
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DENSALLOY® Tungsten Heavy Alloys provide excellent value compared to traditional radiation shielding materials, like lead.
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DENSALLOY™ Tungsten Heavy Alloys can provide the same energy absorption as lead AND use 1/3 less material!
DENSALLOY™ Tungsten Heavy Alloys
Benefits and Applications
DENSALLOY™ products with extreme density to ensure the highest possible shielding performance in the smallest of spaces:
Shielding components
Source container
Collimators
Application examples of DENSALLOY™ shielding:
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Radiation source holder in measuring devices
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Radiation shielding of radioactive substances in chemotherapy
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Collimator sheets in magnetic resonance tomographs
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Transport container for radioactive substances
DENSALLOY™ Tungsten Heavy Alloys
Advantages vs. Lead
DENSALLOY™ Tungsten Heavy Alloys
Shield Advantage
+ Mass density 18.7g / cm³
+ physically and chemically stable
+ environmentally friendly
Shortcomings of Lead Shields
Mass density of lead 11.3g / cm³
Physically and chemically unstable
Environmentally harmful