Re: Tungsten Query

From: Uncle Al (UncleAl0_at_hate.spam.net)
Date: 10/13/04 

Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 15:35:46 -0700

Dave Wilson wrote:
>
> Thank you for all the information so far. I checked out the Plansee
> website and did not find much information. I will contact them to see
> if I can get some useful input and a quote.
>
> Regarding the Bismuth, even though it has a higher atomic number,
> the tungsten has about twice the density. Lead and Tungsten are THE
> materials of choice for radiation shielding in this application.
> Because of design requirements we are limited to tungsten on this
> project. Also, because of the nature of the detectors being used we
> have to use the thin, flat, planar *** and cannot do the shielding
> by stacking material.
>
> So, I'm still looking for information that will point me in the
> direction of tungsten suppliers that can provide the 8 pieces in the
> shapes mentioned, or, flat *** tungsten in .25 and .095 that are
> large enough so we can cut the shapes on a water jet.

Folks you might ask,

<http://www.hightempmetals.com/techdata/hitempTungstendata.php>
http://www.tungstenco.com/
http://www.diamondground.com/
<http://www.espimetals.com/tech/machiningtungsten.pdf> 

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