Skip to content
Triumph Horizon
Log in
Minerals glossary

Tungsten heavy alloy

Also called heavy alloy, WHA

A dense alloy of ≈90–97% tungsten with nickel and iron or copper, used for counterweights, radiation shielding and kinetic penetrators.

Used in these articles

Related terms

Tungsten, tantalum, antimony and other minor metals

Related coverage

Subscribers read the desk company and technology reports on the names it covers, including new reports before they are published on datadeep.tech.