ACN Bracken International Mining (FRA:1BM) Diversifies into Tungsten

Bracken International Mining (FRA:1BM) Diversifies into Tungsten

(ACN) - Queensland-based manganese developer Bracken International Mining (FRA:1BM) will migrate onto the open market board of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange next month. The move confirms the company's intention to be exporting manganese ore from its West Timor assets by the 4th quarter of 2012.

BIM has six mine licenses in West Timor, Indonesia, with combined reserves of more than 300 million tonnes. The company has all mining approvals and full Government and community support.

In addition BIM has signed a 150 million stock placement with private Australian resource company, In Minerals. The deal will see BIM receive A$17 million in cash and mining equipment as well as take over In Minerals' tungsten ore mining rights in Queensland. The project has historical indications of an inferred resource in excess of 1 billion tones with a full geological survey to take place from June 2012.

Tungsten is an extremely hard and useful alloy, and has numerous applications including in incandescent light bulb filaments, X-ray tubes, and super alloys. Tungsten's hardness and high density give it military applications in penetrating projectiles.

BIM Executive Chairman Luke Bracken said BIM's migration to the open market was the next step towards production.

"I am very excited, we are making progress and moving upwards and onwards to become an efficient market supplier of high-grade manganese ore," Mr Bracken said.

"I am ecstatic at completing the deal with In Minerals ahead of schedule to diversify Bracken International Mining beyond Indonesia and beyond Manganese."

Background: BIM's 8,208.6 hectare West Timor manganese project is conveniently located just 35km from Kupang's main export loading port and is strategically located to take full advantage of China's growing demand for steel, of which manganese is an essential component.

Tests have confirmed the average manganese content is between 50% and 68%.

BIM also has a licence to build a refinement smelter, which will produce silicon and ferrous manganese end use products.

The West Timor mines have been producing ore in a limited capacity since early 2010, with trial exports of manganese shipped to customers in China. BIM anticipates production of 250MT per month.
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Tungsten& Hand Grenade

   An interesting property of hand grenades is that they have no muzzle flash or retort and their trajectory is difficult to determine. This is particularly useful during night combat or any situation were visibility is limited.
   During World War One German Stormtroopers realised that enemy trenches were best attacked using just bayonets and grenades. During the approach firearms would often be carried unloaded to prevent accidental discharges or nervous Soldiers being spooked into losing fire-discipline. The absence of gunfire meant that neighbouring units or even those being attacked would assume that explosions were mortar or artillery fire. Often troops would take shelter rather than manning defensive positions. Not using firearms also reduced the risk of fratricide. Anyone who did fire could be assumed to be an enemy. In more open terrain the detonation of a grenade might be assumed to be a mine or booby trap.

 

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The Future of Military Armour-plating?

Following is a piece of news:

Developed by UK firm amsafe, Tarian cloth is capable of repelling armor-piercing anti-tank warheads by creating a ‘cushion’ between the vehicle’s exterior and typical armor plating, thereby triggering the explosive early and dispersing the force of the blast across the existing armor.

Traditional slat or metal-bar protection has a similar effect and through it is relatively light in comparison to the primary armor-plating of a vehicle, still has a detrimental effect on mobility and load-capacity. Being 50% lighter than aluminum cage armor and 85% lighter than steel cage options, Tarian (Welsh for "shield") reduces the chance of overloading the vehicle and means that more equipment can be carried and further precautions taken to ensure the safety of the passengers.

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Tungsten alloy-armor plating

Recently, a idea came up with me when i read a piece of news.

The ships require protection, and a smart engineer knows where and how place armor 

plating. We start by dividing the weapons into 3 types: Plasmatic , ballistic, Photonic (You could add more or change them, it doesn't matter). Now we add some new blocks such as thermal steel plating or titanium plating with different resistance stats for each type of weapons.

When a weapon hits the plating and the weapon is not powerful enough to break through, it absorbs the damage, preventing the weapon from breaking blocks. but looses some of it's armor points (Lets say a plasma charge with 10 DMG hits a thermal steel block with 15 AP against Plasma. Weapon is fully absorbed and the AP is now -75% from the DMG or 7.5 now. You can also add another stat - Durability which decides this % ).

When a weapon hits the plating and the weapon is powerful enough to break through, the block breaks apart. but the weapon looses it's DMG so the blocks behind may survive (Lets say a plasma charge with 15 DMG hits a thermal steel block with 10 AP against Plasma. The weapon destroys the block but it's DMG now is DMG-AP or 5 ).

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Tungsten Guide Rod & Military

GLOCK Inc.announce that it is voluntarily exchanging  the recoil spring assembly (RSA) on its new Gen4 pistols shipped since August, 2009, to ensure each pistol’s performance meets the company’s demanding standards.  With several variations of the RSA in the market today, GLOCK’s goal with this voluntary exchange is to standardize the RSA to gain the best possible performance in each pistol.

GLOCK’s product development team has modified various elements of the RSA.  The new RSA compensates for all design modifications made to the Gen4 and allows the pistols to function up to GLOCK’s rigid quality standards and reliability goals.

Consumers should note that Gen4 G26 and G27 models will not require a modified recoil spring.

The replacement of the Gen4 pistol RSA can be performed as part of the regular field-strip process; consumers do not need to take the Gen4 pistol to an armorer.

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The Metallurgical Achilles' Heel of the United States

“The United States has consistently maintained that a strong domestic minerals and metals industry is an essential contributor to the nation's economic and security interests…The United States has a fundamental interest in maintaining a competitive minerals and metals sector that will continue to contribute significantly to the nation's economic strength and military security. The industry represents an $87 billion enterprise that employs over 500,000 US workers and provides the material foundation for US manufacturing.” The 1980 National Academy of Sciences executive summary of “Competitiveness of the U.S. Minerals and Metals Industry”

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Report Shows Companies that Training Improves Profits

Improving employees’ skills will also improve the bottom line, workforce training experts say.

But how, actually, can that be measured?

In a report Tuesday, the nonprofit Job Opportunity Investment Networttried to do exactly that, going beyond back-of-the-envelope calculations to prove that the approach it advocates is effective.

JOIN director Jennie Sparandara said the point of the study was to show that multi-company industry-sector partnerships are a cost-effective investment of tax or foundation dollars benefiting businesses, employees, and society as a whole through increased tax revenue and decreased demand for public services, such as welfare.

The report, “ROI360: How Workforce Partnership Training Benefits Business, Workers & Community,” provides two case studies on Philadelphia businesses, one a manufacturer, the other, Liberty Resources Inc., a provider of health-care services.

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Hand Grenade & Tungsten Alloy

    A Hand grenade is any small bomb that can be thrown by hand. Hand grenades are classified into three categories: explosive grenades, chemical grenades, and gas grenades.Explosive grenades are the most commonly used in modern warfare, and are designed to detonate after impact or after a set amount of time. Chemical and gas grenades are designed not to explode, but to burn or release a gas.Grenadiers were originally soldiers who specialized in throwing grenades.
    The word 'grenade' derives from the French word for a "small explosive shell." Its first usage in English dates from the 1590s. Likely derived from Old French pomegrenate(influenced by Spanish granada ), so called because the many-seeded fruit suggested the powder-filled, fragmenting bomb, or from similarity of shape.

    Tungsten alloy is widely used in the military field, such as hand grenade.If you want to know more details about tungsten alloy, please go to http://www.tungsten-alloy.com   

Tungsten& Military plane

    Recently, I read a piece of news as follows:
    Well, after the Air Force cancelled its award to Brazil-based Embraer for 20 Super Tucano light attack planes, the Pentagon has apparently told Brazilian officials that there will be another chance to supply the Pentagon with turboprop-driven attack aircraft.

    Late last month, the air force cancled a relatively small contract — $355 million —  with Embraer and Sierra Nevada Corporation for 20 Super Ts, after hinting that the service made some errors in the contracting process.
Remember, the Super T beat out Hawker Beechcraft’s AT-6 in the Air Force’s light attack contest that was aimed at helping build up the nascent Afghan air force.

    Tungsten alloy are widely in military plane. If you want to know more information about tungsten alloy for military use, please go to http://www.tungsten-alloy.com

UK Might Stick With the F-35C

    So remember a few weeks ago when news emerged that Britain was looking at backtracking on its plans to buy the F-35C carrier variant Joint Strike Fighter for its new carriers that are set to be equipped with new electromagnetic catapults and next generation arrestor gear? You know, the Royal Navy might go back to ordering the short take-off and vertical landing F-35B and build its carriers without cats and traps due in order to save money.

    Well, the U.S. Navy — who is spearheading development on the new catapults, known as EMALS for its Ford class aircraft carriers —  has assured London that it will cost way less than the Biritish bean counters think it will to equip the Royal Navy’s new carriers with cats and traps. The best part, if the effort to develop the EMALS falters, the U.S. will foot the bill, not the Brits. Let’s hope the system keep doing well.

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A Girl Snuck Into a Russian Military Rocket Factory

   Her name is Lana Sator and she snuck into one of NPO Energomash factories outside of Moscow. Her photos are amazing, like sets straight out of Star Wars or Alien. Now the Russian government is harassing her.

It was easy to get in. She just went there, jumped over the fence and got right into the heart of the complex through a series of tunnels and pipes, which was very surprising. After all, this is an active industrial installation that belongs to one of the top manufacturers of liquid-fuel rockets in the world. Their engines power the modern Soyuz, the Zenit 3SL, and the Angara and Baikal launch vehicles. Heck, their RD-180 engine powers the first stage of the Atlas V, an American rocket. More importantly, they have specially strong ties to the Russian military.

And yet, she found nobody. No guards, no security. Nothing. Just a few CCTV cameras here and there in rooms packed with huge machinery.

While some of these zones look decrepit and abandoned, the factory is active. In fact, the government is really pissed off about Lana's adventure. The authorities have sent her letters saying that her situation will get "much worse" if she keeps posting photos from the factory.

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Tungsten-Brush Rifles & Rounds

     

For a brush rifle, I prefer the .25-06. Some may feel it is too powerful, and if you keep pelts, that is probably correct. South Texas fur is rarely worth keeping, and I want the animal dead on the spot. In heavy brush, an animal can be gone in 10 yards. Small caliber varmint rifles shooting frangible bullets do not reliably cause a blood trail. Three hunters and I once looked for a bobcat for nearly an hour in a patch of brush that you could throw a rock across. It was hit poorly with a .223 and left no blood trail. We finally found it, but it took a long time. The .25-06, loaded with 87-grain Sierra Spitzers, 87-grain Speer TNT hollow points, or 85-grain Nosler Ballistic Tips, is another excellent cartridge. Hit a coyote solidly with a .25-06, and it will be there when you go to pick it up.

Another good brush call is the .22-250, a great predator hunting round when loaded with 55-grain bullets like Ballistic Tips, Winchester Power Points, Hornady Spire Points and V-Maxes. Choose a bullet that will give plenty of penetration. I have seen several instances of bullet blow-ups that caused a long search for an animal that the hunter could have killed on the spot with a heavier, sturdier bullet. The .223 WSSM falls into this same category. It is a very fine round for coyote, every bit as good as the .22-250.

The .223 Remington and the .222 Remington are a bit small unless you use stout 55-grain bullets, preferably Nosler Ballistic Tips, for fast anchors in dense brush. I'm sure many will argue the opposite, but my brush philosophy is an instant kill with no travel. Heavier, faster cartridges do that best.

Nowadays, Tungsten alloy is  popularly used as the raw material of military products. Rifle is one of them. Compared to other material, Tungsten alloy is used as a non-toxic substitute. If you want to know more about tungsten alloy, please go to http://www.tungsten-alloy.com.

Rich Resource for Military Use in Antarctica

I have read a piece of  news about rich resources in  Antarctica, tungsten is one of them. 

Russia has devised a long-term strategy for the exploration of Antarctica. International exploration efforts in Antarctica, the Earth’s only continent not outlined by state borders, is regulated by the 1959 Antarctic Treaty. In view of the continent’s vast economic potential an ever more number of countries see their presence on the continent as essential both for research purposes and politically. Experts expect Russia’s new strategy to pave the way for the country regaining the lead in tapping the resources-rich continent.

Antarctica has no government and is considered politically neutral. Its status is regulated by the 1959 Antarctic Treaty which set aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve. Nevertheless, various countries claim sovereignty in certain regions of the Earth’s southernmost continent. Norway, Australia, Britain, Argentina, Chile, France, New Zealand and the United States have staked out claims to Antarctica and the adjacent islands, and China has been doing extensive research around the South Pole.

The attractiveness of the Antarctic continent is easily understood given that the Arctic seas and the continent’s bowels and shelf abound in biological and mineral resources. According to Russian scientists, certain areas in Eastern Antarctica are known to be rich in iron ore, coal, tungsten, manganese, copper, metal, titanium, apatite, lazurite, mica, boron, gold, silver, diamonds and platinum. Vast sedimentary basins on the Antarctic continental shelf and in the adjacent regions are known to contain up to 70 billion tons of hydrocarbons. However, the 1991 Protocol for the protection of the Antarctic ozone prohibits mineral mining in the region.

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Tungsten Alloy for Small Arms Ammunition

      Small arms ammunition will be available in its present form for the foreseeable future. Its function will continue to be to propel a projectile over a distance to strike a target. Variations in the material and design of this ammunition will be in response to the specific needs of the many groups of small arms users.

      The military will continue to develop ammunition which can penetrate and incapacitate a wide variety of targets ranging from humans to sophisticated electronic equipment. Currently, they are investigating "non-lethal" weapons and ammunition which will incapacitate a target without destroying it. Small arms weapons in this category include hand-held chemical lasers to knock out electronic sensors, and foam guns which shoot a sticky foam that envelops the target. These non-lethal devices would supplement, not replace, the conventional small arms weapons and ammunition.

         Police are also interested in non-lethal weapons and ammunition. Rubber bullets that impact without penetration are already in use for riot control. Another device is a shotgun which fires a small bean bag. When fired at a close range, the bean bag hits with the impact of a punch to momentarily incapacitate the target.

         Hunters will want ammunition which hits accurately and kills with a single shot. Much of the development of commercial small arms ammunition has been in this area, and has included many variations in powder loads and bullet configuration.

Target shooters will continue to develop ammunition which offers excellent accuracy and repeatability for competition shooting.

        Tungsten alloy is widely used in military field, It is one of the raw materials of ammunition. It has many special properties.  It has high density and high melting point ,which is fit for military use.Compared to other materials, Tungsten alloy is non-toxic and environmental friendly. With  high temperature resistance and low vapor pressure, it is also used in other field.

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Tungsten Alloy- Tungsten & Ammunition

      Small arms ammunition, or cartridges, are used in a variety of firearms ranging from pistols to rifles and shotguns to heavier automatic weapons sometimes called machine guns. The term "bullet" is commonly used to describe the cartridge, when in fact, it actually only refers to the projectile. The correct terminology for the cartridge components are bullet, case, primer, and propellant or gunpowder. Each component is manufactured separately and then assembled into the cartridge. Specifications for the size, shape, ignition type, and ballistic performance have been standardized for the majority of military and civilian ammunition, but there are many obsolete and one-of-a-kind "wildcat" cartridges still found. Small arms ammunition includes cartridges with a bullet diameter, or caliber, of up to 0.75 inch (.750 caliber). The bulk of the production is for cartridges with bullets of .45 caliber or smaller.

         Until the 19th century, the only way to load a weapon was to first pour the powder into the barrel, then place a greased cloth patch around a lead bullet and ram the bullet down the barrel to the powder with the ramrod. A flintlock produced a small spark, or a percussion cap produced a small explosive flash to ignite the powder which fired the patched bullet. This was a very slow process and often produced an inaccurate shot. After repeated firing, the barrel became fouled with powder residue to the point that loading became impossible.

       In the early 1800s, gun manufacturers realized that increased accuracy and rate of fire could only be achieved by redesigning the way the bullet, powder, and igniter were loaded into the weapon. The first successful new design was made in 1848 by Christian Sharps. His design utilized an opening, or breech, at the base of the barrel closest to the person firing the weapon. The breech could be manually closed to seal off the end. With Sharp's design, the bullet was loaded into the open breech, followed by a powder charge held in a paper bag. When the breech was closed, the bag was cut open. This exposed the powder which could then be ignited by the percussion cap.

        In 1852, a cartridge with a metal case was developed by Charles Lancaster of England. It held the powder inside the case with the bullet on one end. About the same time, another Englishman, Colonel Boxer, and an American, Hiram Berdan, also developed a metal case cartridge that incorporated an igniter, or primer, inserted into the center of the base of the case. The primer contained a small amount of impactsensitive explosive that could be set off when struck by a pin—known as the firing pin—that was part of the weapon. The concept of the center-fire metal case cartridge developed by Boxer and Berdan has survived to the present day and is the basis for modern small arms ammunition design.

       Tungsten alloy is one of the materials used to make ammunition because it  has a lot of advantages as follows:

-high density

-high melting point

-excellent hardness

-high ductility

-low vapor pressure

-high temperature resistance

     Nowadays, tungsten alloy are popular raw material material for military use. If you are interested in this material and want to know more details about it , please go to http://www.tungsten-alloy.com.

       

Tungsten Alloy-Tungsten & Depleted Uranium Penetrator

      The lifespan of an armor-penetrating bullet is very short, usually less than five seconds. The bullet leaves a 30 mm cannon GAU-8 Avenger with a velocity of 3,500 feet per second. At this speed the bullet reaches its destination in the blink of an eye. When it strikes a tank, the bullet's penetrator pierces the armor, leaving an aluminum jacket (also called casing) outside, and starts a fire from fuel and ammunition inside an armored vehicle. This is it, end of the story.
      Tungsten alloy is widely used in military defense, such as depleted  uranium penetrator , bullet, armor piercing, rifle bullet, snipe rifle penetrator etc. Tungsten alloy has many advantages as follows:
-high density
-high melting point
-small volume
-excellent hardness
-high ductility 
-high temperature resistance
If you are interested in tungsten alloy and want to know more details about this material. Please go to  http://www.tungsten-alloy.com

Tungsten Carbide Reinforced Blade -Tungsten & Military

Here’s something for anyone that has the slightest need for survival equipment. The Eclipse Signal Device is an inexpensive and inconspicuous tool that can be used as a reflective marker or ground signaling tool. Kit Up! readers will have little trouble intuiting how handy it could be.

Richard with 3 and 4 panel versions of the Eclipse.

The Eclipse (pat pending) is made by Spencer Reiter of SAR Global Tools (blog here, Facebook page here; the website is currently down for upgrade and because it pisses the owner off more often than not). Spencer’s shop is near Ft. Polk, in the wilds of Louisiana. Before getting into search and rescue, firefighting and making great tools he was an Airborne Ranger qualified infantry NCO whose last billet before leaving the service was the Battle NCO at JRTC.

He makes the Eclipse from 2 to 4 tags of stainless steel, like standard-issue dog tags. The front cover is non-reflective, mounted with a ¾” disk of SOLAS tape (pretty much the most reflective tape on earth). There are colored front reflective covers available by request, color making it easier for daytime visualization, but you sacrifice something for that advantage (the colored ones are Reflexite B92, a prismatic tape that unfortunately provides much less reflectivity than the SOLAS).
The second tag, for signaling, is polished to a mirrored surface. The third tag is a clip, something you hook to MOLLE, clip to a pocket or whatever. They can be placed as guides too: smoke-jumpers in Oregon have hooked them on 550-cord and hung them in trees to mark their camp in low vis.
As a signaling tool it’s been tested out several miles during daylight (once out past 10 miles off the coast of South Africa) and past 250 meters at night using a Surefire G2. Field evaluations (some in operational conditions) have been conducted by a wide variety of personnel. It’s being used now by

3 and 4 panel versions of the Eclipse.

members of the FBI, DEA, Border Patrol, Asymmetrical Warfare Group and several Boy Scout troops.
The latest iteration of the Eclipse has a fourth face. This one has a tungsten carbide reinforced blade the length its vertical axis down one edge and around the “top” relative to the hinge. There’s a small indent below the blade for thumb or finger pressure.
There is also an IR option for military and LE users. Spencer makes a version with glint tape on the front face, moving the SOLAS to the back clip. This is not available to everyone and must be requested.

There’s a pretty good video of Spencer demonstrating the Eclipse if you care to watch. He may be eerily reminiscent of that one bad guy from The Hills Have Eyes 2 but he’s a solid guy who knows his stuff and he makes a quality product. Contact him at sarglobaltool(at) gmail.com.

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Tungsten Carbide-Tungsten&Military

    ED – Some additional information.  The Sterling sharpener features a pair of tungsten carbide sharpening “teeth” set into a 20 degree “V” notch, just like the ceramic rods on the Fiskars sharpener.  The carbide teeth are mounted on an A32 aluminum body, which can be custom colored (the stock sharpener is red.)  Sterling warranties the carbide teeth and construction for life, but does not warranty the custom coating (i.e. they warranty the teeth forever but not the grizzly bear painted on the body.)
The stock sharpener retails for $19.95
One thing to note.  The company says that you can clip this sharpener to your key chain, making it a “go anywhere” sharpener.  In this post 9/11 world though I’d ask first before you try to take it on the plane.  Yes, I know it’s just a sharpener, and it’s got no sharp, “weapon-like” edges, but I’d hate to see someone have to DX theirs at the X-ray machine because the TSA employee at the security checkpoint thought it was a weapon.

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Tungsten-based alloys in the construction of national defense

  

    In the aerospace industry applications. China developed the first generation of  tungsten heavy alloy performance good in the 1960s, since immediately after the birth of self-developed China's first artificial satellite navigation device has been successfully applied, then this new material has the first in China an intercontinental missile and developed by a variety of new fighters, helicopters, has been successfully applied. Developed to meet the needs of Chinese communications satellite, but also successfully developed a new type of density up to 18.5g/cm3 high proportion of tungsten-based alloys. A variety of high-performance W-Cu alloys in the rocket (missile) combustion chamber, nozzle, throat, rudder and other parts of the development of high temperature has been applied.

      In the civilian industry and nuclear industrial applications. In the nuclear power industry, used for nuclear reactor insulation and shielding materials, tungsten heavy alloy has a good prospect. In civilian industry, high-density tungsten alloy has been more widely used; mobile phones and golf oscillator rod weight will be a wide range of products. Processing done in the electric performance of the anvil block material to make electrical upsetting of hundredfold increase production efficiency, has significant economic benefits.If you want to know more information about tungsten alloy, please go to  http://www.tungsten-alloy.com/

Tungsten Products in the Important Role of National Defense

China is a country with rich tungsten resources, over half a century, made significant contributions to the development of the world's tungsten industry. Especially in recent decades, China's industrial development has moved from exporting tungsten concentrates, importing of tungsten products, tungsten processing products and gradually developed into a basically meet the domestic demand, and can develop into a large variety of tungsten products export industry country. This is not only fundamentally changed the situation of China's tungsten industry, and more successful for the development of China's defense industry and national economic development has made important contributions. Tungsten processed products in multiple areas of both production capacity or production are among the highest level in the world, to become truly world-recognized major industrial countries, but in some aspects of tungsten processing technology with the world advanced countries there is still a gap, to become a true world power tungsten processing technology needs to make great efforts.

Processing of tungsten materials including tungsten carbide, tungsten alloy,tungsten wire,tungsten electrode, the scale of production of these materials and properties at or near the world level, to better meet China's national economic construction and national defense needs, has made significant contributions to the Chinese the rapid development of national economic construction and national defense modernization enable China to a new attitude based on the world of the forest.

China has successful developed tungsten heavy alloy, provides of a variety of wear, shaped charge of the development a key material. Tungsten heavy alloys also play an important role in doing gyro rotor high proportion of material in China's first nuclear submarine of the research and development. If you are interested in tungsten heavy alloy, please go to website http://www.tungsten-alloy.com/