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US
/ˈtəŋstən/
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[ UK /tˈʌŋstən/ ]
[ UK /tˈʌŋstən/ ]
NOUN
- 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
How To Use tungsten In A Sentence
- Oxygen adsorbs on tungsten.
- Allegheny Technologies Incorporated manufactures titanium, hafnium, tungsten, and cobalt. Eric Lotke: Steel City: Forgotten but Not Gone
- Another type of light bulb you may come across is the tungsten halogen bulb.
- Specialty metals such as stainless steel, silicon electric steel, alloys and tungsten still are produced in the area.
- A multimode optical fiber was used to deliver the light from the tungsten-halogen lamp to the detector.
- Because tungsten is much harder than stainless steel, it is also more difficult to machine mechanically.
- The only other fad I don't think has been debunked yet is the "flechette". 3mm super-strong tungsten darts fired at velocities past 5000 fps. What do you predict will be the next fad in rifle cartridges? We have done long and skinny, short and fat and long and fat.
- Tungsten has high tensile strength and good creep resistance.
- In contrast with tungsten, hafnium does not interact readily with iron-rich material, but it does combine readily with the elements in rocks lacking in iron.
- Xtools are a fine-looking line of marine tools; as the ISDA blog says, The rust-resistant tools feature tungsten-carbide cutting blades (for cutting braided wire) and foamy, soft-grip ergonomic handles that float. Boing Boing
