: a gray-white heavy high-melting ductile hard polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and molybdenum in many of its properties and is used especially in carbide materials and electrical components (such as lamp filaments) and in hardening alloys (such as steel) see Chemical Elements Table
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One of the concerns scientists have about fusion reactors has to do with tungsten.
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Michael Franco, New Atlas, 8 Oct. 2024
High urinary tungsten, uranium and cobalt levels were associated with 45%, 39% and 47% higher coronary calcification levels over the follow-up period, respectively.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 20 Sep. 2024
But when the super hot plasma that's held inside these reactors bumps into walls lined in tungsten, some of the metal's atoms pop off and join the plasma.
—Michael Franco, New Atlas, 8 Oct. 2024
The tiny bead on this rubber bracelet is made from tungsten, a material strong enough to break glass.
—Kristy Alpert, Travel + Leisure, 6 Oct. 2024
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Michael Franco, New Atlas, 8 Oct. 2024
High urinary tungsten, uranium and cobalt levels were associated with 45%, 39% and 47% higher coronary calcification levels over the follow-up period, respectively.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 20 Sep. 2024
But when the super hot plasma that's held inside these reactors bumps into walls lined in tungsten, some of the metal's atoms pop off and join the plasma.
—Michael Franco, New Atlas, 8 Oct. 2024
The tiny bead on this rubber bracelet is made from tungsten, a material strong enough to break glass.
—Kristy Alpert, Travel + Leisure, 6 Oct. 2024
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“Tungsten.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tungsten. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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from Swedish tungsten, literally "heavy stone," from tung "heavy" and sten "stone"
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tungsten
noun
tung·sten
ˈtəŋ-stən 
: a gray-white heavy high-melting ductile hard polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and molybdenum in many of its properties and is used especially for electrical purposes and in hardening alloys (as steel)
—symbol W
called also wolfram
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