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Meanings of tungsten in English
Chemical element with symbol W and atomic number 74.
Related terms
Portuguese
tungstênio Catalan
volfram A heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite.
See moreUsage of tungsten in English
1
One of the latest is the tungsten arc in an inert gas.
2
His creation was five feet long, made of articulated tungsten carbide vertebrae.
3
The celebrated and ancient damascus steel being a form of tungsten-alloy steel.
4
The haggard eyes of the starving man were hard as tungsten-washed steel.
5
Some gas you can't breathe, it keeps the tungsten filament from burning.
6
Thus, in various laboratories, pellets of tungsten metal were laid out temptingly.
7
The door hinged smoothly outwards, fully a metre thick in tungsten steel.
8
But scientists later learned that embedded tungsten alloy fragments can cause tumors.
9
Instead of bursting into flame, the tungsten filament evaporates, atom by atom.
10
Where can tungsten, or tungsten steel, be procured, and at what price?
11
The American military needed tungsten, a scarce strategic metal used for hardening missiles.
12
However, documents reveal that tungsten-based RM rounds are being developed for the weapon.
13
Further improvements are possible such as tungsten microelectrodes and telemetric or microinjection systems.
14
Plus, even modest-sized missiles tipped with tungsten-so-calledkinetic energy penetrators-couldtake down tanks.
15
A message on metal foil might be placed under a pellet of tungsten.
16
Bamboo became the favorite for several decades, but tungsten supplanted it by 1910.
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Tungsten through the time
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common