Wednesday, April 25, 2012

A family’s day with Tungsten(1)

A family’s day with Tungsten
A family’s day with Tungsten

Tungsten-in our daily life

Our daily life is closely connected with the element Tungsten. Modern life would not be possible in the way it is without the unique properties of Tungsten, as they are:
  • the highest melting point of all metals (3422℃)
  • a high density like Gold (19.3g/ cm3) and
  • a hardness close to Diamond, as Tungsten Carbide (WC)

scheelite
scheelite(tungsten ore)

Although Tungsten has such outstanding properties it is curiously more or less unknown to the majority of people.


tungsten ore
tungsten ore

Then let’s accompany a typical family with father, mother, daughter and son for one day to see how they run across Tungsten during their normal daily activities either directly or indirectly and frequently even without realizing it.


tungsten powder
tungsten oxide & tungsten powder

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