But tungsten is just the beginning. “We’ll start with pure tungsten,” Roy added in a press release. “Eventually we’ll develop ...

The simulations will also help them develop recipes for tungsten alloys that can withstand the extreme conditions inside a nuclear reactor. “We’ll start with pure tungsten,” he said. “Eventually we’ll ...

Tungsten and tungsten alloys are heavy refractory metals or alloys with a very high melting point and high density. Pure tungsten is a steel-gray metal that with impurities is brittle and not very ...

Tungsten. Why did tungsten surprise scientists? Tungsten (in the form of tungstic acid) was discovered only in 1781 by K.W. Scheele. The pure element was isolated in 1783 by the brothers J.J. and F.