If anybody ever doubted the fact that Thorium as used in Thoriated Tungsten Electrodes, is radio-toxic, there are two great sources to view.
"The Engineer" published an interesting set of questions and answers today, in which engineers are considering the use of thorium instead of uranium in Nuclear Reactors.
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On our web site, there is a short movie showing the radioactive readings of thoriated tungstens being quite high verses our Techweld® MultiStrike® Tungsten Electrodes that do not contain any radio toxic material.
MultiStrike® Tungsten Electrodes are the electrode of choice for titanium welding whilst they can also be used successfully for welding aluminium, stainless and duplex steels.
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