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Definition of Tungsten

1. 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.

Definition of Tungsten

1. n. A rare element of the chromium group found in certain minerals, as wolfram and scheelite, and isolated as a heavy steel-gray metal which is very hard and infusible. It has both acid and basic properties. When alloyed in small quantities with steel, it greatly increases its hardness. Symbol W (Wolframium). Atomic weight, 183.6. Specific gravity, 18.

Definition of Tungsten

1. Noun. a metallic chemical element (''symbol'' W) with an atomic number of 74. The symbol is derived from the Latin word ''wolframium''. ¹

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Definition of Tungsten

1. a metallic element [n -S] : TUNGSTIC [adj]

Medical Definition of Tungsten

1. 1. A rare element of the chromium group found in certain minerals, as wolfram and scheelite, and isolated as a heavy steel-gray metal which is very hard and infusible. It has both acid and basic properties. When alloyed in small quantities with steel, it greatly increases its hardness. 2 Scheelite, or calcium tungstate. Tungsten ocher, or Tungstic ocher, tungstate. Abbreviation: W Origin: Sw. Tungsten (cf. Dan. Tungsteen, G. Tungstein); tung heavy (akin to Dan. Tung, Icel. Thungr) + sten stone. (Wolframium). (30 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Tungsten

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin by Mysore Geologists' Association (1918)
"PREPARATION OF METALLIC tungsten AND FERRO- tungsten Most of the tungsten used in the industries is made either in the form of tungsten powder or as an iron ..."

2. Standard Methods of Chemical Analysis: A Manual of Analytical Methods and by Wilfred Welday Scott (1922)
"The best concentrate of h'and-picked material contains 70 to 74% tungsten in terms of its oxide, W0|. The element is met with in alloys—ferro-tungsten,1 ..."

3. The Mineral Industry by Richard Pennefather Rothwell (1903)
"tungsten. THE production of tungsten ore in the United States during 1902 amounted ... During 1902 there was no change in the prices for tungsten metal and ..."

4. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer, Harold Govett Colman, Arthur Harden (1907)
"490 The minerals tungsten or heavy-stone, now termed scheelite or calcium ... In 1781, Scheele proved that tungsten was composed of lime combined with a ..."

5. Mineral Deposits by Waldemar Lindgren (1913)
"The tungsten Deposits of Boulder County.—Some wolframite occurs in the gold-bearing veins of Boulder County, but there is a fairly well-defined area near ..."

6. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1919)
"The metallography of wrought and ductile tungsten in the various stages of ... The general relationships between the properties of tungsten and other metals ..."

7. Principles and Practice of Electrical Engineering by Alexander Gray (1917)
"380] ELECTRIC LIGHTING tungsten lamp is the more fragile of the two and the life of the ... One important difference between tungsten and carbon is that, ..."

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