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Tungsten medical shielding

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Nuclear medical radiation shielding

Tungsten alloy is ideal for shielding against X rays and gamma radiation. The very high density of tungsten shielding (more than 60% denser than lead) allows a reduction in the physical size of shielding components, without compromising their rigidity or the effectiveness of the shielding characteristics.
Tungsten heavy alloy shielding is used in applications such as collimator, nuclear shielding, beam stop, PET syringe shield, vial shield, isotope container, FDG container, multi leaf collimator etc.

Positron emission tomography (PET)

Positron emission tomography (PET) is one of the nuclear medicine techniques available for diagnosis. Whilst X-rays provide information on the structure of the body, PET shows the chemical function of a particular organism. PET involves the injection of FDG (a glucose-based radionuclide) from a shielded syringe into the patient. As the FDG travels through the patient’s body it emits gamma radiation which is detected by a gamma camera, from which the chemical activity within cells and organs can be seen. Any abnormal chemical activity may be a sign that tumours are present.
PET scans are frequently used to detect cancerous tumours and diseases of the brain and coronary arteries.

Applications for tungsten alloy shielding in PET

  • PET syringe shield
  • Tungsten vial shield
  • Tungsten FDG transport container
  • Collimator for gamma camera
  • Technetium generator

Multi leaf collimator

Radiotherapy destroys cancer by directing beams of radiation directly onto the tumour. The beams of radiation require a very fine focus to avoid harming the surrounding healthy tissue. This focus is achieved by using a multi-leaf collimator, consisting of two rows of very thin tungsten alloy plates, which can be configured to exactly match the dimensions of the tumour.

Tungsten alloy data sheet

Type

Density g/cm³

Tensile strength MPa

Elongation

HRC

85W-10.5Ni-4.5Fe 15.8-16.0 700-1000 20-33 20-30
90W-7Ni-3Fe 16.9-17.1 700-1000 20-33 24-32
90W-6Ni-4Fe 16.7-17.0 700-1000 20-33 24-32
91W-6Ni-3Fe 17.1-17.3 700-1000 15-28 25-30
92W-5Ni-3Fe 17.3-17.5 700-1000 18-28 25-30
92.5W-5Ni-2.5Fe 17.4-17.6 700-1000 25-30 25-30
93W-4Ni-3Fe 17.5-17.6 700-1000 15-25 26-30
93W-4.9Ni-2.1Fe 17.5-17.6 700-1000 15-25 26-30
93W-5Ni-2Fe 17.5-17.6 700-1000 15-25 26-30
95W-3Ni-2Fe 17.9-18.1 700-900 8-15 25-35
95W-3.5Ni-1.5Fe 17.9-18.1 700-900 8-15 25-35
96W-3Ni-1Fe 18.2-18.3 600-800 6-10 30-35
97W-2Ni-1Fe 18.4-18.5 600-800 8-14 30-35
98W-1Ni-1Fe 18.4-18.6 500-800 5-10 30-35
90W-6Ni-4Cu 17.0-17.2 600-800 4-8 25-35
93W-5Ni-2Cu 17.5-17.6 500-600 3-5 25-35
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