NEW ALLOY REVEALED.
PROTECTION AGAINST RADIUM.
Received January 19, 12.50 p.m
LONDON, Jan. 18. « A new alloy, nearly one and a-half times as heavy as lead and a correspondingly more effective protection against X-ray and radium radiation, has been revealed by Mr E. Liddiard, of the British Non-Ferrous Metals Association. The alloy is composed of tungsten powder mixed with nickel and copper powders, subjected to considerable pressure and heated above the melting point of copper and nickel.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 43, 19 January 1938, Page 9
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77NEW ALLOY REVEALED. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 43, 19 January 1938, Page 9
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