Customization: | Available |
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Application: | Aviation, Electronics, Industrial, Medical, Chemical |
Standard: | ASTM |
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With its distinctive high density of 16.5-19.0 g/cm3 tungsten heavy alloys are the most important industrial property. The density of tungsten is two times higher than steel and 1.5 times higher than lead. Although many other metals such as gold, platinum, and tantalum, have a comparable density to heavy tungsten alloy, they are either over expensive to obtain or exotic to the environment. Combined with the high machinability and high module elasticity, the density property makes the tungsten heavy alloy to be capable of being machined into a variety of density needed components in many industrial fields. Given an example of counterweight. In a very limited space, a counterweight made of tungsten nickel copper and WNiFe is the most preferred material to offset the gravity change caused by off-balance, vibration, and swinging.
As to the Radiation Absorption application, another considerable advantage of tungsten heavy alloy is radiation shielding which is also associated with the high-density property of tungsten alloy. The radiation shielding effect of one material will go up along with a rising in its density. Due to this property, WNiCu has been widely used in radiation shielding. The radiation absorption capacity is one time higher than the lead-based material.
Tungsten alloy shield has one time higher radiation absorption capacity than the lead shield. On the other hand, tungsten heavy alloy is non-toxic to the environment. For radiation shielding application, the absorbing capacity to gamma radiation and X-ray radiation is 30% to 40% higher than lead materials. The component is 25% to 50% less weight than lead. Meanwhile, it relieves the concern of cost caused by waste processing and toxic threaten.
Tungsten heavy alloy |
WNiFe (ASTM B777, AMS-T-21014) |
WNiCu (ASTM B777, AMS-T-21014) |
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Designation | 90W | 93W | 95W | 97W | 90W | 93W | 95W |
Density g/cm3) | 16.85~17.30 | 17.15~17.85 | 17.75~18.35 | 18.25~18.85 | 16.85~17.30 | 17.15~17.85 | 17.75~18.35 |
Tensile Strength (MPa) | 758Min | 758Min | 724Min | 689Min | 648Min | 648Min | 648Min |
Elongation (%) | 5Min | 5Min | 3Min | 2Min | 2Min | 2Min | 1Min |
Hardness (HRC) | 32Max | 33Max | 34Max | 35Max | 32Max | 33Max | 34Max |
Yield strength(MPa) | 517Min | 517Min | 517Min | 517Min | 517Min | 517Min | 517Min |