Lead shield is a thing of past. Tungsten alloy X-ray shield, a newly developed poison-free shielding partition, is the future in hospitals or dental clinics, which can fully protect the medical workers and patients from different radiation resources such as X-rays. It has been reported that tungsten alloy X-ray shield is safe as it is non-toxic, fire-resistant and anti-corrosion with premium stability. Also, it features excellent sound insulation properties. And it can create an excellent and robust surface.

It has been reported that the linear accelerator can emit high energy X-rays or electrons to conform to a tumor's shape and destroy cancer cells while sparing surrounding normal tissue. So, tungsten alloy, as a radiation shielding material, is often used to medical linear accelerators to shield the high-energy X-rays generated by the accelerator during clinical radiotherapy treatment.

Compared with lead, tungsten alloy has higher density and better radiation shielding performance, so it is often used as a radiation protective material in medical electron linear accelerator. In addition, taking the factors of environmental protection, tungsten alloy shields are more and more popular and are gradually replacing lead shields in the field of radiation shielding.

Tungsten alloy shielding is an advanced radiation protective material with better performance than the traditional lead shielding, so it is promising in applications in radiotherapy treatment room. It has been reported that tungsten alloy is an environmentally friendly material, which is non-toxic and non-polluting. While lead is a toxic heavy metal that will do harm human body and pollute the environment. In addition, tungsten alloy has higher strength and better processing performance than lead.