Heavy metal-tungsten alloys (HMTAs) are dense heavy metal composite materials used primarily in military applications. HMTAs are composed of a mixture of tungsten (91-93%), nickel (3-5%) and either cobalt (2-4%) or iron (2-4%) particles. Like the heavy metal depleted uranium (DU), the use of HMTAs in military munitions could result in their internalization in humans. Limited data exist, however...

Deposition profiles of tungsten released from the outer divertor were studied in JT-60U. A neutron activation method was used for the first time to accurately measure deposited tungsten. Surface density of tungsten in the thick carbon deposition layer can be measured by this method. Tungsten was mainly deposited on the inner divertor (around inner strike points) and on the outer wing of the dom...

To improve understanding of possible connections between airborne tungsten and public health, size and geography of airborne tungsten particles collected in Fallon, Nevada, and Sweet Home, Oregon, were compared. Both towns have industrial tungsten facilities, but only Fallon has experienced a cluster of childhood leukemia. Fallon and Sweet Home are similar to one another by their particles of a...

The interaction between plasma particles and tungsten as plasma facing material is one of the critical issues in successfully using tungsten in Tokamak reactors environment. The deuterium bombardment of monocrystalline tungsten was modeled by molecular dynamics simulation using LAMMPS code and Tersoff type interatomic potential. The deuterium trapping rate, implantation depth, and the stopping ...

BACKGROUND Since 1997, Fallon, Nevada, has experienced a cluster of childhood leukemia that has been declared "one of the most unique clusters of childhood cancer ever reported." Multiple environmental studies have shown airborne tungsten and cobalt to be elevated within Fallon, but the question remains: Have these metals changed through time in correspondence with the onset of the leukemia clu...

In order to map the complex plasma footprint observed on lower divertor of WEST experiment after its first phase operation, we analysed deposits collected ITER-like Plasma Facing Units (PFUs) exposed in C3 (deuterium plasma) and C4 helium campaigns. Our results show that these have multilayer structures mainly composed tungsten, oxygen, boron carbon, whose texture composition vary along radial ...

This study investigates the removal of tungsten from simulated water using biopolymer coated particles (i.e. chitosan coated clay) and natural clay. The effects of initial tungsten concentration (from 20 to 500 ppm) and water pH (4, 5.5 and 6.4) on zeta potential and tungsten removal were studied for both chitosan coated clay and natural clay. It was found that the net surface charge of natural...

Tungsten will be an important element in nearly all future fusion reactors because of its presence in plasma facing components. This makes tungsten a good candidate for a diagnostic element for ion temperature and toroidal velocity measurement, and it makes understanding tungsten emissions important for tokamak power balance. The effect of tungsten on tokamak plasmas is investigated at the Alca...

The effect of tungsten, aluminum, and cobalt on the mechanical properties iron-based composites prepared by powder technology was studied. Five samples with different contents were established. five have following chemical compositions: (I) full iron sample, (II) 5wt.% (III) tungsten-4wt.% cobalt-1wt.% (IV) tungsten-2.5wt.% cobalt-2.5wt.% (V) tungsten-1wt.% cobalt-4wt.% aluminum. mixed composit...