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Tungsten Sputtering Targets and Applications

Tungsten is a chemical element with symbol W and atomic number 74. Tungsten is a rare metal found naturally on Earth almost exclusively combined with other elements in chemical compounds rather than alone. Tungsten sputtering targets  can be used in various applications like light bulb filaments, X-ray tubes, electrodes in gas tungsten arc welding, superalloys, and radiation shielding. Tungsten has high density and hardness and this make it useful for military applications in penetrating projectiles. Tungsten compounds are also often used as industrial catalysts. Also there are different applications that you may use  tungsten sputtering targets  to obtain uniform films. Now let's have a look at a research done by using tungsten sputtering targets. As all we may know there is an increasing interest in solid-state thermal-to-electricity energy conversion concepts, such as thermophotovoltaic (TPV), solar TPV, and solar-thermal energy conversion systems. This has led ...