Tungsten Alloy Shielding for Ionizing Radiation

Astronauts traveling from planet to planet are exposed to the natural radiation of space. This is generally always particle radiation, and the exposure time is "chronic". The sun's ultraviolet light is a form of radiation that can give your skin a sunburn. Ionizing radiation is more penetrating, so it is capable of giving you a lethal "sunburn" on your internal organs. The general term for dangerous unhealthy everybody-panic-now kind of radiation is "ionizing radiation." This is because the radiation is capable of ionizing atoms which composes the material being irradiated. Non-ionizing radiation such as visible light and radio waves can be safely ignored.The sun's ultraviolet light is a form of radiation that can give your skin a sunburn. Ionizing radiation is more penetrating, so it is capable of giving you a lethal "sunburn" on your internal organs. The general term for dangerous unhealthy everybody-panic-now kind of radiation is "ionizing radiation." This is because the radiation is capable of ionizing atoms which composes the material being irradiated. Non-ionizing radiation such as visible light and radio waves can be safely ignored (by which I mean a laser beam can chop you into bits but it won't give you cancer).Here, tungsten alloy shielding material could be used as good material for radiation protection, which is usually made with tungsten content of 90%W~97%W, and the higher tungsten content, then the better absorption ability would be.