Category: tungsten

Tungsten is a greyish-white lustrous metal, which is a solid at room temperature. Tungsten has the highest melting point and lowest vapor pressure of all metals, and at temperatures over 1650°C has the highest tensile strength.

Tungsten Metal Has Facilitated The Development Of The Aerospace Industry

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Tungsten Metal Has Facilitated The Development Of The Aerospace Industry Space, once the arena of great power rivalry, now depends on international cooperation for its costly endeavor. The aerospace industry represents the economic, military, and technological level of a country, and is also an important symbol of a country’s comprehensive national strength and national defense […]

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When Was Tungsten First Used in Light Bulbs

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More than 350 years ago, porcelain makers in China incorporated a unique peach color into their designs by means of a tungsten pigment that was not known in the West. Indeed it was not for another century that chemists in Europe became aware of it. In 1779, Peter Woulfe examined a mineral from Sweden and […]

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