Tungsten alloy medical shielding

Tungsten alloy(heavy 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, beamstop,  syringe shield, vial shield, isotope container, FDG container, multi leaf collimator etc.

Here are some main applications for nuclear medical radiation shielding:

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 tumors are present.

 

 

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Optimisation of Radiation Shielding of Medical Cyclotrons

Effective radiation shielding is imperative to safe operation of modern Medical Cyclotrons producinglarge activities of short-lived radioisotopes on a commercial basis. Like the containment shielding of Medical Linear Accelerators , the optimal shielding design of Medical Cyclotrons demands a careful balance between the radiological, economical and often the sociopolitical factors. One is required to optimize the cost of radiation protection and the cost of radiological health detriment . The cost of radiation protection depends explicitly on the nature of the ionising radiation field produced by the cyclotron, its operational condition, the cost of
shielding material, the level of dose reduction, the projected net revenue from the from the sale of the radioisotopes, and the depreciation rate of the cyclotron facility. The mathematical methods of accelerator shielding optimisation  within the guideline of ALARA  have been reported by various investigators.

The important radioisotopes produced by Medical Cyclotrons for present day diagnostic nuclear
medicine include 201Tl (T1/2= 73.06 h) and67Ga (T1/2= 78.26 h). These radioisotopes are generated by bombarding the thick copper substrates electroplated with enriched parent target materials with 30 MeV protons at ~ 400A beam current. The target bombardments result in the production of intense fields of high-energy neutrons and gamma rays. Therefore, in order to avoid the radio-activation of the cyclotron, the ancillaries and radiation exposure to cyclotron workers and members of the public, the high performance target irradiation stations of modern negative ion Medical Cyclotrons  are housed in separate target vaults made of high density concrete. Thus, the efficient shielding of the target vaults plays the most important role in the radiological safety of the commercial Medical Cyclotron facilities.

The conventional optimisation method for the functions of multiple variables, such as the cost benefit-
analysis of Medical Cyclotron shielding design is too complex and prone to serious pitfalls. Hence, a new
method based on the Genetic Algorithm (GA) was used to solve this problem. The GA is a mathematical technique that emulates the Darwinian Evolution paradigm, also known as the “Survival of the Fittest” strategy.

It is ideally suited to search for a global optimum in a large multi-dimensional solution space, havingdemonstrated strength compared to the classical analytical methods. This paper highlights the application of an interactive spreadsheet macro program for the optimised shielding thickness calculation of the target vault of a Medical Cyclotron. The present optimisation method is based on a Genetic Algorithm search engine and runs on a Pentium 300 MHz Personal Computer in the Windows 98 platform.

 

 

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Tungsten Alloy for Helicopters

Tungsten alloy has so many properties, such as high density, small volume so it is widely used in aircraft and the best material to make tungsten alloy aircraft ballast and tungsten heavy alloy helicopter counterweight. We offer semi-finished and finished tungsten alloy aircraft ballast and tungsten heavy alloy helicopter counterweight according to customers' drawings. If you get any enquiry about the tungsten alloy aircraft ballast and tungsten heavy alloy helicopter counterweight, please feel free to contact us at sales@chinatungsten.com or call: 0086 592 512 9696, 0086 592 512 9595.

 

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Tungsten Alloy Helicopter Counterweight

Tungsten Heavy Alloy(WHA)helicopter counterweights, made of tungsten alloy from Chinatungsten Online, are used in many engineering applications, where high inertia forces and tungsten alloy helicopter counterweights are required under limited space conditions. Parts made of fine Tungsten based powder by the method of sintered are therefore used as tungsten heavy alloy helicopter counterweight and tungsten alloy aircrafts ballast, vibration damping elements and tungsten heavy alloy helicopter counterweights for various applications in the automotive industry, in aerospace and sports equipment.

 

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Tungsten Alloy Weight for Aircraft

Tungsten Alloys (WHAs) are the best choice when designers in aerospace and defense industries require a material which combines high density, good mechanical strength and which is easily machined. WHAs counterweights are incorporated into the pitch control system of many propeller designs as a fail-safe device such as tungsten ballast to ensure that overspeeding is prevented. WHAs materials are frequently make into tungsten ballast. Tungsten ballast plays a significant role to make sure the center of gravity is precisely located, during the progress of space flight, tungsten ballast ensure that correct orbit entry is achieved.

Tungsten ballast offered by us is qualified, we can provide all kinds of tungsten ballast as your requirements, tungsten ballast is our leader products.

 

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