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301 relations: A15 phases, ABC transporter, Abrasive, Acetylene hydratase, Acid, Aldehyde ferredoxin oxidoreductase, Alkali, Allotropes of iron, Alloy, Alpha decay, Angewandte Chemie, Arc welding, Archaea, Argus Media, Atmospheric pressure, Atomic number, ATPase, Austria, Base (chemistry), BBC News, Becquerel, Bergara, Beta-tungsten, Biomolecule, Bismuth, Boiling point, Bolivia, Borosilicate glass, Brittleness, Brushed metal, Bullet, Calcium, Canada, Cancer, Cancer cluster, Carbide, Carbon, Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Carrock Fell, Catalysis, Cathode-ray tube, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Ceramic, Charcoal, Chelation, Chemical compound, Chemical element, Chemical symbol, Chemical vapor deposition, Chicago, ... Expand index (251 more) »
- Chemical elements with body-centered cubic structure
- Refractory metals
- Tungsten minerals
A15 phases
The A15 phases (also known as β-W or Cr3Si structure types) are series of intermetallic compounds with the chemical formula A3B (where A is a transition metal and B can be any element) and a specific structure.
ABC transporter
The ABC transporters, ATP synthase (ATP)-binding cassette transporters are a transport system superfamily that is one of the largest and possibly one of the oldest gene families.
See Tungsten and ABC transporter
Abrasive
An abrasive is a material, often a mineral, that is used to shape or finish a workpiece through rubbing which leads to part of the workpiece being worn away by friction.
Acetylene hydratase
Acetylene hydratase (AH) is a bacterial enzyme, originally discovered in the anaerobic microorganism Pelobactor acetylenicus, that catalyzes the non-redox hydration of acetylene to form acetaldehyde.
See Tungsten and Acetylene hydratase
Acid
An acid is a molecule or ion capable of either donating a proton (i.e. hydrogen ion, H+), known as a Brønsted–Lowry acid, or forming a covalent bond with an electron pair, known as a Lewis acid.
Aldehyde ferredoxin oxidoreductase
In enzymology, an aldehyde ferredoxin oxidoreductase is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction This enzyme belongs to the family of oxidoreductases, specifically those acting on the aldehyde or oxo group of donor with an iron-sulfur protein as acceptor.
See Tungsten and Aldehyde ferredoxin oxidoreductase
Alkali
In chemistry, an alkali (from lit) is a basic, ionic salt of an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal.
Allotropes of iron
At atmospheric pressure, three allotropic forms of iron exist, depending on temperature: alpha iron (α-Fe, ferrite), gamma iron (γ-Fe, austenite), and delta iron (δ-Fe).
See Tungsten and Allotropes of iron
Alloy
An alloy is a mixture of chemical elements of which in most cases at least one is a metallic element, although it is also sometimes used for mixtures of elements; herein only metallic alloys are described.
Alpha decay
Alpha decay or α-decay is a type of radioactive decay in which an atomic nucleus emits an alpha particle (helium nucleus) and thereby transforms or "decays" into a different atomic nucleus, with a mass number that is reduced by four and an atomic number that is reduced by two.
Angewandte Chemie
Angewandte Chemie (meaning "Applied Chemistry") is a weekly peer-reviewed scientific journal that is published by Wiley-VCH on behalf of the German Chemical Society (Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker).
See Tungsten and Angewandte Chemie
Arc welding
Arc welding is a welding process that is used to join metal to metal by using electricity to create enough heat to melt metal, and the melted metals, when cool, result in a binding of the metals.
Archaea
Archaea (archaeon) is a domain of single-celled organisms.
Argus Media
Argus (formerly known as Petroleum Argus Ltd) is an independent provider of price information, consultancy services, conferences, market data and business intelligence for the global petroleum, natural gas, electricity, emissions, biofuels, biomass, LPG, metals, chemicals, fertilizers, agriculture and coal industries.
Atmospheric pressure
Atmospheric pressure, also known as air pressure or barometric pressure (after the barometer), is the pressure within the atmosphere of Earth.
See Tungsten and Atmospheric pressure
Atomic number
The atomic number or nuclear charge number (symbol Z) of a chemical element is the charge number of an atomic nucleus.
See Tungsten and Atomic number
ATPase
ATPases (Adenosine 5'-TriPhosphatase, adenylpyrophosphatase, ATP monophosphatase, triphosphatase, SV40 T-antigen, ATP hydrolase, complex V (mitochondrial electron transport), (Ca2+ + Mg2+)-ATPase, HCO3−-ATPase, adenosine triphosphatase) are a class of enzymes that catalyze the decomposition of ATP into ADP and a free phosphate ion or the inverse reaction.
Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps.
Base (chemistry)
In chemistry, there are three definitions in common use of the word "base": Arrhenius bases, Brønsted bases, and Lewis bases.
See Tungsten and Base (chemistry)
BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.
Becquerel
The becquerel (symbol: Bq) is the unit of radioactivity in the International System of Units (SI).
Bergara
Bergara (Vergara) is a town and municipality located in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, in the north of Spain.
Beta-tungsten
Beta-tungsten (β-W) is a metastable phase of tungsten widely observed in tungsten thin films.
See Tungsten and Beta-tungsten
Biomolecule
A biomolecule or biological molecule is loosely defined as a molecule produced by a living organism and essential to one or more typically biological processes.
Bismuth
Bismuth is a chemical element; it has symbol Bi and atomic number 83. Tungsten and Bismuth are chemical elements.
Boiling point
The boiling point of a substance is the temperature at which the vapor pressure of a liquid equals the pressure surrounding the liquid and the liquid changes into a vapor.
See Tungsten and Boiling point
Bolivia
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in western-central South America.
Borosilicate glass
Borosilicate glass is a type of glass with silica and boron trioxide as the main glass-forming constituents.
See Tungsten and Borosilicate glass
Brittleness
A material is brittle if, when subjected to stress, it fractures with little elastic deformation and without significant plastic deformation.
Brushed metal
A piece of brushed aluminium A collection of brushed stainless steel Breville small appliances DeLorean featuring non-structural brushed stainless steel panels The Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri Brushed stainless steel or dull polished metal is metal with a unidirectional satin finish.
See Tungsten and Brushed metal
Bullet
A bullet is a kinetic projectile, a component of firearm ammunition that is shot from a gun barrel.
Calcium
Calcium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ca and atomic number 20. Tungsten and Calcium are chemical elements.
Canada
Canada is a country in North America.
Cancer
Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body.
Cancer cluster
A cancer cluster is a disease cluster in which a high number of cancer cases occurs in a group of people in a particular geographic area over a limited period of time.
See Tungsten and Cancer cluster
Carbide
In chemistry, a carbide usually describes a compound composed of carbon and a metal.
Carbon
Carbon is a chemical element; it has symbol C and atomic number 6. Tungsten and Carbon are chemical elements.
Carl Wilhelm Scheele
Carl Wilhelm Scheele (9 December 1742 – 21 May 1786) was a German Swedish pharmaceutical chemist.
See Tungsten and Carl Wilhelm Scheele
Carrock Fell
Carrock Fell is a fell in the English Lake District, situated in the northern region of the national park, north-east of Keswick.
Catalysis
Catalysis is the increase in rate of a chemical reaction due to an added substance known as a catalyst.
Cathode-ray tube
A cathode-ray tube (CRT) is a vacuum tube containing one or more electron guns, which emit electron beams that are manipulated to display images on a phosphorescent screen.
See Tungsten and Cathode-ray tube
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the national public health agency of the United States.
See Tungsten and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Ceramic
A ceramic is any of the various hard, brittle, heat-resistant, and corrosion-resistant materials made by shaping and then firing an inorganic, nonmetallic material, such as clay, at a high temperature.
Charcoal
Charcoal is a lightweight black carbon residue produced by strongly heating wood (or other animal and plant materials) in minimal oxygen to remove all water and volatile constituents.
Chelation
Chelation is a type of bonding of ions and the molecules to metal ions.
Chemical compound
A chemical compound is a chemical substance composed of many identical molecules (or molecular entities) containing atoms from more than one chemical element held together by chemical bonds.
See Tungsten and Chemical compound
Chemical element
A chemical element is a chemical substance that cannot be broken down into other substances by chemical reactions. Tungsten and chemical element are chemical elements.
See Tungsten and Chemical element
Chemical symbol
Chemical symbols are the abbreviations used in chemistry, mainly for chemical elements; but also for functional groups, chemical compounds, and other entities. Tungsten and chemical symbol are chemical elements.
See Tungsten and Chemical symbol
Chemical vapor deposition
Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) is a vacuum deposition method used to produce high-quality, and high-performance, solid materials.
See Tungsten and Chemical vapor deposition
Chicago
Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.
Chlorine
Chlorine is a chemical element; it has symbol Cl and atomic number 17. Tungsten and Chlorine are chemical elements.
Chromium
Chromium is a chemical element; it has symbol Cr and atomic number 24. Tungsten and Chromium are chemical elements and chemical elements with body-centered cubic structure.
Circular saw
A circular saw or a buzz saw, is a power-saw using a toothed or abrasive disc or blade to cut different materials using a rotary motion spinning around an arbor.
Cobalt
Cobalt is a chemical element; it has symbol Co and atomic number 27. Tungsten and Cobalt are chemical elements and transition metals.
Cobray Company
The Cobray Company was an American developer and manufacturer of submachine guns, automatic carbines, handguns, shotguns, and non-lethal 37 mm launchers.
See Tungsten and Cobray Company
Coercivity
Coercivity, also called the magnetic coercivity, coercive field or coercive force, is a measure of the ability of a ferromagnetic material to withstand an external magnetic field without becoming demagnetized.
Construction
Construction is a general term meaning the art and science of forming objects, systems, or organizations.
Copper
Copper is a chemical element; it has symbol Cu and atomic number 29. Tungsten and Copper are chemical elements and transition metals.
Cosmic Ray Subsystem
Cosmic Ray Subsystem (CRS, or Cosmic Ray System) is an instrument aboard the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft of the NASA Voyager program, and it is an experiment to detect cosmic rays.
See Tungsten and Cosmic Ray Subsystem
Counterfeit
To counterfeit means to imitate something authentic, with the intent to steal, destroy, or replace the original, for use in illegal transactions, or otherwise to deceive individuals into believing that the fake is of equal or greater value than the real product.
Covalent bond
A covalent bond is a chemical bond that involves the sharing of electrons to form electron pairs between atoms.
See Tungsten and Covalent bond
Crystal
A crystal or crystalline solid is a solid material whose constituents (such as atoms, molecules, or ions) are arranged in a highly ordered microscopic structure, forming a crystal lattice that extends in all directions.
Crystal habit
In mineralogy, crystal habit is the characteristic external shape of an individual crystal or aggregate of crystals.
See Tungsten and Crystal habit
Crystallinity
Crystallinity refers to the degree of structural order in a solid.
See Tungsten and Crystallinity
Cubic crystal system
In crystallography, the cubic (or isometric) crystal system is a crystal system where the unit cell is in the shape of a cube.
See Tungsten and Cubic crystal system
Dartmoor
Dartmoor is an upland area in southern Devon, South West England.
Darts
Darts or dart-throwing is a competitive sport in which two or more players bare-handedly throw small sharp-pointed projectiles known as darts at a round target known as a dartboard.
Deal–Grove model
The Deal–Grove model mathematically describes the growth of an oxide layer on the surface of a material.
See Tungsten and Deal–Grove model
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, Congo-Zaire, or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country in Central Africa.
See Tungsten and Democratic Republic of the Congo
Dense inert metal explosive
Dense inert metal explosive (DIME) is an experimental type of explosive that has a relatively small but effective blast radius.
See Tungsten and Dense inert metal explosive
Density
Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is a substance's mass per unit of volume.
Depleted uranium
Depleted uranium (DU; also referred to in the past as Q-metal, depletalloy or D-38) is uranium with a lower content of the fissile isotope 235U than natural uranium.
See Tungsten and Depleted uranium
Die (manufacturing)
A die is a specialized machine tool used in manufacturing industries to cut and/or form material to a desired shape or profile.
See Tungsten and Die (manufacturing)
Dielectric
In electromagnetism, a dielectric (or dielectric medium) is an electrical insulator that can be polarised by an applied electric field.
Divertor
In magnetic confinement fusion, a divertor or diverted configuration is a magnetic field configuration of a tokamak or a stellarator which separates the confined plasma from the material surface of the device.
Dolly (tool)
A dolly is the name given to a category of tools used in shaping sheet metal.
Domain wall (magnetism)
A domain wall is a term used in physics which can have similar meanings in magnetism, optics, or string theory.
See Tungsten and Domain wall (magnetism)
Drakelands Mine
Drakelands Mine, also known as Hemerdon Mine, Hemerdon Ball Mine or Hemerdon Bal Mine is a tungsten and tin mine.
See Tungsten and Drakelands Mine
Drawing (manufacturing)
Drawing is a manufacturing process that uses tensile forces to elongate metal, glass, or plastic.
See Tungsten and Drawing (manufacturing)
Ductility
Ductility refers to the ability of a material to sustain significant plastic deformation before fracture.
Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life.
Earthworm
An earthworm is a soil-dwelling terrestrial invertebrate that belongs to the phylum Annelida.
Electric light
An electric light, lamp, or light bulb is an electrical component that produces light.
See Tungsten and Electric light
Electrical conductor
In physics and electrical engineering, a conductor is an object or type of material that allows the flow of charge (electric current) in one or more directions.
See Tungsten and Electrical conductor
Electrical resistivity and conductivity
Electrical resistivity (also called volume resistivity or specific electrical resistance) is a fundamental specific property of a material that measures its electrical resistance or how strongly it resists electric current.
See Tungsten and Electrical resistivity and conductivity
Electrode
An electrode is an electrical conductor used to make contact with a nonmetallic part of a circuit (e.g. a semiconductor, an electrolyte, a vacuum or air).
Electron microscope
An electron microscope is a microscope that uses a beam of electrons as a source of illumination.
See Tungsten and Electron microscope
Enzyme
Enzymes are proteins that act as biological catalysts by accelerating chemical reactions.
Eukaryote
The eukaryotes constitute the domain of Eukarya or Eukaryota, organisms whose cells have a membrane-bound nucleus.
European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe.
See Tungsten and European Union
Extrusion
Extrusion is a process used to create objects of a fixed cross-sectional profile by pushing material through a die of the desired cross-section.
Fallon, Nevada
Fallon is a city in Churchill County in the U.S. state of Nevada.
See Tungsten and Fallon, Nevada
Fausto Elhuyar
Fausto de Elhuyar (11 October 1755 – 6 February 1833) was a Spanish chemist, and the first to isolate tungsten with his brother Juan José Elhuyar in 1783.
See Tungsten and Fausto Elhuyar
Ferberite
Ferberite is the iron endmember of the manganese–iron wolframite solid solution series. Tungsten and Ferberite are tungsten minerals.
Field emission gun
A field emission gun (FEG) is a type of electron gun in which a sharply pointed Müller-type emitter is held at several kilovolts negative potential relative to a nearby electrode, so that there is sufficient potential gradient at the emitter surface to cause field electron emission.
See Tungsten and Field emission gun
Fishing sinker
A fishing sinker or plummet is a weight used in conjunction with a fishing lure or hook to increase its rate of sink, anchoring ability, and/or casting distance.
See Tungsten and Fishing sinker
Fluorescent lamp
A fluorescent lamp, or fluorescent tube, is a low-pressure mercury-vapor gas-discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light.
See Tungsten and Fluorescent lamp
Fluorodeoxyglucose (18F)
Fluorodeoxyglucose (INN), or fluorodeoxyglucose F 18 (USAN and USP), also commonly called fluorodeoxyglucose and abbreviated FDG, 2-FDG or FDG, is a radiopharmaceutical, specifically a radiotracer, used in the medical imaging modality positron emission tomography (PET).
See Tungsten and Fluorodeoxyglucose (18F)
Fly tying
Fly tying (also historically referred to in England as dressing flies) is the process of producing an artificial fly used by fly fishing anglers to catch fish.
Forging
Forging is a manufacturing process involving the shaping of metal using localized compressive forces.
Formate dehydrogenase
Formate dehydrogenases are a set of enzymes that catalyse the oxidation of formate to carbon dioxide, donating the electrons to a second substrate, such as NAD+ in formate:NAD+ oxidoreductase or to a cytochrome in formate:ferricytochrome-b1 oxidoreductase.
See Tungsten and Formate dehydrogenase
Formula One
Formula One, commonly known as Formula 1 or F1, is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA).
Free element
In chemistry, a free element is a chemical element that is not combined with or chemically bonded to other elements.
Fusion power
Fusion power is a proposed form of power generation that would generate electricity by using heat from nuclear fusion reactions.
Gas tungsten arc welding
Gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW, also known as tungsten inert gas welding or TIG, and heliarc welding when helium is used) is an arc welding process that uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode to produce the weld.
See Tungsten and Gas tungsten arc welding
General Electric
General Electric Company (GE) was an American multinational conglomerate founded in 1892, incorporated in the state of New York and headquartered in Boston.
See Tungsten and General Electric
Georgius Agricola
Georgius Agricola (born Georg Bauer; 24 March 1494 – 21 November 1555) was a German Humanist scholar, mineralogist and metallurgist.
See Tungsten and Georgius Agricola
German language
German (Standard High German: Deutsch) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western and Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol.
See Tungsten and German language
Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (ferredoxin)
In enzymology, a glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (ferredoxin) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction The 3 substrates of this enzyme are D-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate, H2O, and oxidized ferredoxin, whereas its 3 products are 3-phospho-D-glycerate, H+, and reduced ferredoxin.
See Tungsten and Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (ferredoxin)
Gold
Gold is a chemical element; it has symbol Au (from the Latin word aurum) and atomic number 79. Tungsten and Gold are chemical elements and transition metals.
Gold bar
A gold bar, also known as gold bullion or a gold ingot, refers to a quantity of refined metallic gold that can be shaped in various forms, produced under standardized conditions of manufacture, labeling, and record-keeping.
Grenade
A grenade is an explosive weapon typically thrown by hand (also called hand grenade), but can also refer to a shell (explosive projectile) shot from the muzzle of a rifle (as a rifle grenade) or a grenade launcher.
Hacksaw
A hacksaw is a fine-toothed saw, originally and mainly made for cutting metal.
Hafnium
Hafnium is a chemical element; it has symbol Hf and atomic number 72. Tungsten and Hafnium are chemical elements and transition metals.
Hardness
In materials science, hardness (antonym: softness) is a measure of the resistance to plastic deformation, such as an indentation (over an area) or a scratch (linear), induced mechanically either by pressing or abrasion.
Haynes International
Haynes International, Inc., headquartered in Kokomo, Indiana, is one of the largest producers of corrosion-resistant and high-temperature alloys. Tungsten and Haynes International are Refractory metals.
See Tungsten and Haynes International
Hübnerite
Hübnerite or hubnerite is a mineral consisting of manganese tungsten oxide (chemical formula MnWO4). Tungsten and Hübnerite are tungsten minerals.
Heating element
A heating element is a device used for conversion of electric energy into heat, consisting of a heating resistor and accessories.
See Tungsten and Heating element
Heteropolymetalate
In chemistry, the heteropolymetalates are a subset of the polyoxometalates, which consist of three or more transition metal oxyanions linked together by shared oxygen atoms to form a closed 3-dimensional molecular framework.
See Tungsten and Heteropolymetalate
Hexamethyltungsten
Hexamethyltungsten is the chemical compound W(CH3)6 also written WMe6.
See Tungsten and Hexamethyltungsten
High-speed steel
High-speed steel (HSS or HS) is a subset of tool steels, commonly used as cutting tool material.
See Tungsten and High-speed steel
Hot isostatic pressing
Hot isostatic pressing (HIP) is a manufacturing process, used to reduce the porosity of metals and increase the density of many ceramic materials.
See Tungsten and Hot isostatic pressing
Hydrodesulfurization
Hydrodesulfurization (HDS), also called hydrotreatment or hydrotreating, is a catalytic chemical process widely used to remove sulfur (S) from natural gas and from refined petroleum products, such as gasoline or petrol, jet fuel, kerosene, diesel fuel, and fuel oils.
See Tungsten and Hydrodesulfurization
Hydrogen
Hydrogen is a chemical element; it has symbol H and atomic number 1. Tungsten and Hydrogen are chemical elements.
Hypoallergenic
Hypoallergenic, meaning "below average" or "slightly" allergenic, is a term meaning that something (usually cosmetics, pets, textiles, food, etc.) causes fewer allergic reactions.
See Tungsten and Hypoallergenic
Incandescent light bulb
An incandescent light bulb, incandescent lamp or incandescent light globe is an electric light with a filament that is heated until it glows.
See Tungsten and Incandescent light bulb
Ingot
An ingot is a piece of relatively pure material, usually metal, that is cast into a shape suitable for further processing.
Integrated circuit
An integrated circuit (IC), also known as a microchip, computer chip, or simply chip, is a small electronic device made up of multiple interconnected electronic components such as transistors, resistors, and capacitors.
See Tungsten and Integrated circuit
Intercalation (chemistry)
Intercalation is the reversible inclusion or insertion of a molecule (or ion) into layered materials with layered structures.
See Tungsten and Intercalation (chemistry)
Intraperitoneal injection
Intraperitoneal injection or IP injection is the injection of a substance into the peritoneum (body cavity).
See Tungsten and Intraperitoneal injection
Ion
An ion is an atom or molecule with a net electrical charge.
See Tungsten and Ion
Iron
Iron is a chemical element. Tungsten and Iron are chemical elements, chemical elements with body-centered cubic structure and transition metals.
Isotope
Isotopes are distinct nuclear species (or nuclides) of the same chemical element.
ITER
ITER (initially the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, iter meaning "the way" or "the path" in Latin) is an international nuclear fusion research and engineering megaproject aimed at creating energy through a fusion process similar to that of the Sun.
Jewellery
Jewellery (or jewelry in American English) consists of decorative items worn for personal adornment, such as brooches, rings, necklaces, earrings, pendants, bracelets, and cufflinks.
Johan Gottschalk Wallerius
Johan Gottschalk Wallerius (11 July 1709 – 16 November 1785) was a Swedish chemist and mineralogist.
See Tungsten and Johan Gottschalk Wallerius
John Hopkinson
John Hopkinson, FRS, (27 July 1849 – 27 August 1898) was a British physicist, electrical engineer, Fellow of the Royal Society and President of the IEE (now the IET) twice in 1890 and 1896.
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Joint European Torus
The Joint European Torus (JET) was a magnetically confined plasma physics experiment, located at Culham Centre for Fusion Energy in Oxfordshire, UK.
See Tungsten and Joint European Torus
Journal of Biological Chemistry
The Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC) is a weekly peer-reviewed scientific journal that was established in 1905.
See Tungsten and Journal of Biological Chemistry
Juan José Elhuyar
Juan José Elhuyar Lubize (15 June 1754 – 20 September 1796) was a Spanish chemist and mineralogist, who was best known for being first to isolate tungsten with his brother Fausto Elhuyar in 1783.
See Tungsten and Juan José Elhuyar
Keggin structure
The Keggin structure is the best known structural form for heteropoly acids.
See Tungsten and Keggin structure
Kinetic energy penetrator
A kinetic energy penetrator (KEP), also known as long-rod penetrator (LRP), is a type of ammunition designed to penetrate vehicle armour using a flechette-like, high-sectional density projectile.
See Tungsten and Kinetic energy penetrator
Kobold
A kobold (occasionally cobold) is a mythical sprite.
Latin
Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
Lead
Lead is a chemical element; it has symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum) and atomic number 82. Tungsten and Lead are chemical elements.
Leukemia
Leukemia (also spelled leukaemia; pronounced) is a group of blood cancers that usually begin in the bone marrow and produce high numbers of abnormal blood cells.
List of chemical element name etymologies
the etymology of chemical elements of the periodic table.
See Tungsten and List of chemical element name etymologies
List of chemical element naming controversies
The currently accepted names and symbols of the chemical elements are determined by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), usually following recommendations by the recognized discoverers of each element.
See Tungsten and List of chemical element naming controversies
London Metal Exchange
The London Metal Exchange (LME) is a futures and forwards exchange in London, United Kingdom with the world's largest market in standardised forward contracts, futures contracts and options on base metals.
See Tungsten and London Metal Exchange
Lubricant
A lubricant (sometimes shortened to lube) is a substance that helps to reduce friction between surfaces in mutual contact, which ultimately reduces the heat generated when the surfaces move.
Magnesium
Magnesium is a chemical element; it has symbol Mg and atomic number 12. Tungsten and Magnesium are chemical elements.
Mallory metal
Mallory metal is proprietary name for an alloy of tungsten, with other metallic elements added to improve machining.
See Tungsten and Mallory metal
Manganese
Manganese is a chemical element; it has symbol Mn and atomic number 25. Tungsten and Manganese are chemical elements, chemical elements with body-centered cubic structure and transition metals.
Mars Science Laboratory
Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) is a robotic space probe mission to Mars launched by NASA on November 26, 2011, which successfully landed Curiosity, a Mars rover, in Gale Crater on August 6, 2012.
See Tungsten and Mars Science Laboratory
Martensite
Martensite is a very hard form of steel crystalline structure.
Median lethal dose
In toxicology, the median lethal dose, LD50 (abbreviation for "lethal dose, 50%"), LC50 (lethal concentration, 50%) or LCt50 is a toxic unit that measures the lethal dose of a given substance.
See Tungsten and Median lethal dose
Melting point
The melting point (or, rarely, liquefaction point) of a substance is the temperature at which it changes state from solid to liquid.
See Tungsten and Melting point
Metal
A metal is a material that, when polished or fractured, shows a lustrous appearance, and conducts electricity and heat relatively well.
Metal Bulletin
Fastmarkets MB, previously known as Metal Bulletin, is a specialist international publisher and information provider for the global steel, non-ferrous and scrap metals markets.
See Tungsten and Metal Bulletin
Metal carbonyl
Metal carbonyls are coordination complexes of transition metals with carbon monoxide ligands. Tungsten and metal carbonyl are transition metals.
See Tungsten and Metal carbonyl
Metal lathe
In machining, a metal lathe or metalworking lathe is a large class of lathes designed for precisely machining relatively hard materials.
Metal matrix composite
In materials science, a metal matrix composite (MMC) is a composite material with fibers or particles dispersed in a metallic matrix, such as copper, aluminum, or steel.
See Tungsten and Metal matrix composite
Metalloprotein
Metalloprotein is a generic term for a protein that contains a metal ion cofactor.
See Tungsten and Metalloprotein
Metalworking
Metalworking is the process of shaping and reshaping metals in order to create useful objects, parts, assemblies, and large scale structures.
Metastability
In chemistry and physics, metastability is an intermediate energetic state within a dynamical system other than the system's state of least energy.
See Tungsten and Metastability
Milling (machining)
Milling is the process of machining using rotary cutters to remove material by advancing a cutter into a workpiece.
See Tungsten and Milling (machining)
Mining
Mining is the extraction of valuable geological materials and minerals from the surface of the Earth.
Missile
A missile is an airborne ranged weapon capable of self-propelled flight aided usually by a propellant, jet engine or rocket motor.
Molybdenum
Molybdenum is a chemical element; it has symbol Mo (from Neo-Latin molybdaenum) and atomic number 42. Tungsten and Molybdenum are chemical elements, chemical elements with body-centered cubic structure, Refractory metals and transition metals.
Molybdopterin
Molybdopterins are a class of cofactors found in most molybdenum-containing and all tungsten-containing enzymes.
See Tungsten and Molybdopterin
Nanocluster
Nanoclusters are atomically precise, crystalline materials most often existing on the 0-2 nanometer scale.
Nanoelectronics
Nanoelectronics refers to the use of nanotechnology in electronic components.
See Tungsten and Nanoelectronics
Nanolithography
Nanolithography (NL) is a growing field of techniques within nanotechnology dealing with the engineering (patterning e.g. etching, depositing, writing, printing etc) of nanometer-scale structures on various materials.
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Nanowire
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NASCAR
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock car racing.
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is the United States federal agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury and illness.
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Nickel
Nickel is a chemical element; it has symbol Ni and atomic number 28. Tungsten and Nickel are chemical elements and transition metals.
Nitrogen oxide
Nitrogen oxide may refer to a binary compound of oxygen and nitrogen, or a mixture of such compounds.
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NOx
In atmospheric chemistry, is shorthand for nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide, the nitrogen oxides that are most relevant for air pollution.
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Nuclear fusion
Nuclear fusion is a reaction in which two or more atomic nuclei, usually deuterium and tritium (hydrogen isotopes), combine to form one or more different atomic nuclei and subatomic particles (neutrons or protons).
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Nuclear isomer
A nuclear isomer is a metastable state of an atomic nucleus, in which one or more nucleons (protons or neutrons) occupy excited state (higher energy) levels.
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Nuclear medicine
Nuclear medicine, or nucleology, is a medical specialty involving the application of radioactive substances in the diagnosis and treatment of disease.
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Nuclear physics
Nuclear physics is the field of physics that studies atomic nuclei and their constituents and interactions, in addition to the study of other forms of nuclear matter.
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Octahedron
In geometry, an octahedron (octahedra or octahedrons) is a polyhedron with eight faces.
Ore
Ore is natural rock or sediment that contains one or more valuable minerals concentrated above background levels, typically containing metals, that can be mined, treated and sold at a profit.
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Ore Mountains
The Ore Mountains (Erzgebirge, Krušné hory) lie along the Czech–German border, separating the historical regions of Bohemia in the Czech Republic and Saxony in Germany.
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Organomolybdenum chemistry
Organomolybdenum chemistry is the chemistry of chemical compounds with Mo-C bonds.
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Oxidation state
In chemistry, the oxidation state, or oxidation number, is the hypothetical charge of an atom if all of its bonds to other atoms were fully ionic.
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Oxide
An oxide is a chemical compound containing at least one oxygen atom and one other element in its chemical formula.
Oxidoreductase
In biochemistry, an oxidoreductase is an enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of electrons from one molecule, the reductant, also called the electron donor, to another, the oxidant, also called the electron acceptor.
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Oxyanion
An oxyanion, or oxoanion, is an ion with the generic formula (where A represents a chemical element and O represents an oxygen atom).
Oxygen
Oxygen is a chemical element; it has symbol O and atomic number 8. Tungsten and Oxygen are chemical elements.
Panasqueira
Minas da Panasqueira or Mina da Panasqueira (English: 'Panasqueira mine') is the generic name for a set of mining operations between Cabeço do Pião (Fundão municipality) and the village of Panasqueira (Covilhã municipality), which has operated in a technically integrated and continuous manner practically since the discovery of ore there.
Periodic Videos
Periodic Videos (also known as The Periodic Table of Videos) is a video project and YouTube channel on chemistry.
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Permease
The permeases are membrane transport proteins, a class of multipass transmembrane proteins that allow the diffusion of a specific molecule in or out of the cell in the direction of a concentration gradient, a form of facilitated diffusion.
Petroleum
Petroleum or crude oil, also referred to as simply oil, is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid mixture of mainly hydrocarbons, and is found in geological formations.
PH
In chemistry, pH, also referred to as acidity or basicity, historically denotes "potential of hydrogen" (or "power of hydrogen").
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Phosphorus
Phosphorus is a chemical element; it has symbol P and atomic number 15. Tungsten and Phosphorus are chemical elements and chemical elements with body-centered cubic structure.
Phosphotungstic acid
Phosphotungstic acid (PTA) or tungstophosphoric acid (TPA), is a heteropoly acid with the chemical formula.
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Plasma-facing material
In nuclear fusion power research, the plasma-facing material (or materials) (PFM) is any material used to construct the plasma-facing components (PFC), those components exposed to the plasma within which nuclear fusion occurs, and particularly the material used for the lining the first wall or divertor region of the reactor vessel.
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Plastic
Plastics are a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic materials that use polymers as a main ingredient.
Platinum
Platinum is a chemical element; it has symbol Pt and atomic number 78. Tungsten and Platinum are chemical elements and transition metals.
Polyoxometalate
In chemistry, a polyoxometalate (abbreviated POM) is a polyatomic ion, usually an anion, that consists of three or more transition metal oxyanions linked together by shared oxygen atoms to form closed 3-dimensional frameworks.
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Popular Science
Popular Science (also known as PopSci) is a U.S. popular science website, covering science and technology topics geared toward general readers.
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Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe, whose territory also includes the Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira.
Powder metallurgy
Powder metallurgy (PM) is a term covering a wide range of ways in which materials or components are made from metal powders.
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Precious metal
Precious metals are rare, naturally occurring metallic chemical elements of high economic value.
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Prokaryote
A prokaryote (less commonly spelled procaryote) is a single-cell organism whose cell lacks a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles.
Pterin
Pterin is a heterocyclic compound composed of a pteridine ring system, with a "keto group" (a lactam) and an amino group on positions 4 and 2 respectively.
Pyrococcus furiosus
Pyrococcus furiosus is a heterotrophic, strictly anaerobic, extremophilic, model species of archaea.
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Pyrolysis
Pyrolysis is the process of thermal decomposition of materials at elevated temperatures, often in an inert atmosphere.
Pyrophoricity
A substance is pyrophoric (from πυροφόρος, pyrophoros, 'fire-bearing') if it ignites spontaneously in air at or below (for gases) or within 5 minutes after coming into contact with air (for liquids and solids).
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Radiation
In physics, radiation is the emission or transmission of energy in the form of waves or particles through space or a material medium.
Radiation protection
Radiation protection, also known as radiological protection, is defined by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as "The protection of people from harmful effects of exposure to ionizing radiation, and the means for achieving this".
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Radioactive decay
Radioactive decay (also known as nuclear decay, radioactivity, radioactive disintegration, or nuclear disintegration) is the process by which an unstable atomic nucleus loses energy by radiation.
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Radionuclide
A radionuclide (radioactive nuclide, radioisotope or radioactive isotope) is a nuclide that has excess numbers of either neutrons or protons, giving it excess nuclear energy, and making it unstable.
Radiopharmaceutical
Radiopharmaceuticals, or medicinal radiocompounds, are a group of pharmaceutical drugs containing radioactive isotopes.
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Real Sociedad Bascongada de Amigos del País
The Royal Basque Society of Friends of the Country (in Basque Euskalerriaren Adiskideen Elkartea and in Spanish Real Sociedad Bascongada de Amigos del País), also known as La Bascongada or Bascongada Society, was founded in the mid-18th century to encourage the scientific, cultural and economic development of the Basque Country.
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Receptor antagonist
A receptor antagonist is a type of receptor ligand or drug that blocks or dampens a biological response by binding to and blocking a receptor rather than activating it like an agonist.
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Recommended exposure limit
A recommended exposure limit (REL) is an occupational exposure limit that has been recommended by the United States National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
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Remanence
Remanence or remanent magnetization or residual magnetism is the magnetization left behind in a ferromagnetic material (such as iron) after an external magnetic field is removed.
Reproduction
Reproduction (or procreation or breeding) is the biological process by which new individual organisms – "offspring" – are produced from their "parent" or parents.
Resource war
A resource war is a type of war caused by conflict over resources.
Ring (jewellery)
A ring is a round band, usually made of metal, worn as ornamental jewelry.
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Rivet
A rivet is a permanent mechanical fastener.
Rocket engine
A rocket engine uses stored rocket propellants as the reaction mass for forming a high-speed propulsive jet of fluid, usually high-temperature gas.
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Rocket engine nozzle
A rocket engine nozzle is a propelling nozzle (usually of the de Laval type) used in a rocket engine to expand and accelerate combustion products to high supersonic velocities.
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Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.
Scheelite
Scheelite is a calcium tungstate mineral with the chemical formula CaWO4. Tungsten and Scheelite are tungsten minerals.
Scintillator
A scintillator is a material that exhibits scintillation, the property of luminescence, when excited by ionizing radiation.
Selective catalytic reduction
Selective catalytic reduction (SCR) means of converting nitrogen oxides, also referred to as with the aid of a catalyst into diatomic nitrogen, and water.
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Selective laser melting
Selective laser melting (SLM) is one of many proprietary names for a metal additive manufacturing (AM) technology that uses a bed of powder with a source of heat to create metal parts.
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Sextuple bond
A sextuple bond is a type of covalent bond involving 12 bonding electrons and in which the bond order is 6.
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Shell (projectile)
A shell, in a military context, is a projectile whose payload contains an explosive, incendiary, or other chemical filling.
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Shot (pellet)
Shot is a collective term for small spheres or pellets, often made of lead.
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Silicon
Silicon is a chemical element; it has symbol Si and atomic number 14. Tungsten and Silicon are chemical elements.
Silicon dioxide
Silicon dioxide, also known as silica, is an oxide of silicon with the chemical formula, commonly found in nature as quartz.
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Silicon nanowire
Silicon nanowires, also referred to as SiNWs, are a type of semiconductor nanowire most often formed from a silicon precursor by etching of a solid or through catalyzed growth from a vapor or liquid phase.
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Sintering
Sintering or frittage is the process of compacting and forming a solid mass of material by pressure or heat without melting it to the point of liquefaction.
Sodium tungstate
Sodium tungstate is the inorganic compound with the formula Na2WO4.
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Sodium tungsten bronze
Sodium tungsten bronze is a form of insertion compound with the formula NaxWO3, where x is equal to or less than 1.
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Spark plasma sintering
Spark plasma sintering (SPS), also known as field assisted sintering technique (FAST) or pulsed electric current sintering (PECS), or plasma pressure compaction (P2C) is a sintering technique.
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Specific activity
In the context of radioactivity, activity or total activity (symbol A) is a physical quantity defined as the number of radioactive transformations per second that occur in a particular radionuclide.
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Squeeze bore
A squeeze bore, alternatively taper-bore, cone barrel or conical barrel, is a weapon where the internal barrel diameter progressively decreases towards the muzzle resulting in a reduced final internal diameter.
Standard enthalpy of reaction
The standard enthalpy of reaction (denoted \Delta H_^\ominus) for a chemical reaction is the difference between total product and total reactant molar enthalpies, calculated for substances in their standard states.
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Steel
Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon with improved strength and fracture resistance compared to other forms of iron.
Stellite
Stellite alloys are a range of cobalt-chromium alloys designed for wear resistance.
String instrument
In musical instrument classification, string instruments or chordophones, are musical instruments that produce sound from vibrating strings when a performer plays or sounds the strings in some manner.
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Sublimation (phase transition)
Sublimation is the transition of a substance directly from the solid to the gas state, without passing through the liquid state.
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Submarine-launched ballistic missile
A submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) is a ballistic missile capable of being launched from submarines.
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Superalloy
A superalloy, or high-performance alloy, is an alloy with the ability to operate at a high fraction of its melting point.
Superconductivity
Superconductivity is a set of physical properties observed in certain materials where electrical resistance vanishes and magnetic fields are expelled from the material.
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Swedish language
Swedish (svenska) is a North Germanic language from the Indo-European language family, spoken predominantly in Sweden and in parts of Finland.
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Tanning (leather)
Tanning, or hide tanning, is the process of treating skins and hides of animals to produce leather.
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Technetium
Technetium is a chemical element; it has symbol Tc and atomic number 43. Tungsten and Technetium are chemical elements and transition metals.
Tetrathiomolybdate
Tetrathiomolybdate, also spelled tiomolibdate (USAN), is the anion of the following salts.
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Thermal expansion
Thermal expansion is the tendency of matter to increase in length, area, or volume, changing its size and density, in response to an increase in temperature (usually excluding phase transitions).
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Thermal oxidation
In microfabrication, thermal oxidation is a way to produce a thin layer of oxide (usually silicon dioxide) on the surface of a wafer.
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Thermococcus
In taxonomy, Thermococcus is a genus of thermophilic Archaea in the family the Thermococcaceae.
Thermococcus litoralis
Thermococcus litoralis (T. litoralis) is a species of Archaea that is found around deep-sea hydrothermal vents as well as shallow submarine thermal springs and oil wells.
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Thermoplastic
A thermoplastic, or thermosoftening plastic, is any plastic polymer material that becomes pliable or moldable at a certain elevated temperature and solidifies upon cooling.
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Tin
Tin is a chemical element; it has symbol Sn and atomic number 50. Tungsten and Tin are chemical elements.
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Torbern Bergman
Torbern Olof Bergman (KVO) (20 March 17358 July 1784) was a Swedish chemist and mineralogist noted for his 1775 Dissertation on Elective Attractions, containing the largest chemical affinity tables ever published.
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Toughness
In materials science and metallurgy, toughness is the ability of a material to absorb energy and plastically deform without fracturing.
Transition metal
In chemistry, a transition metal (or transition element) is a chemical element in the d-block of the periodic table (groups 3 to 12), though the elements of group 12 (and less often group 3) are sometimes excluded. Tungsten and transition metal are transition metals.
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Trioxide
A trioxide is a compound with three oxygen atoms.
Tungstate
In chemistry, a tungstate is a compound that contains an oxyanion of tungsten or is a mixed oxide containing tungsten.
Tungsten carbide
Tungsten carbide (chemical formula: WC) is a chemical compound (specifically, a carbide) containing equal parts of tungsten and carbon atoms.
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Tungsten disulfide
Tungsten disulfide is an inorganic chemical compound composed of tungsten and sulfur with the chemical formula WS2.
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Tungsten hexacarbonyl
Tungsten hexacarbonyl (also called tungsten carbonyl) is an organometallic compound with the formula W(CO)6.
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Tungsten hexachloride
Tungsten hexachloride is an inorganic chemical compound of tungsten and chlorine with the chemical formula.
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Tungsten hexafluoride
Tungsten(VI) fluoride, also known as tungsten hexafluoride, is an inorganic compound with the formula.
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Tungsten oxide
Tungsten has several oxidation states, and therefore oxides.
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Tungsten trioxide
Tungsten(VI) oxide, also known as tungsten trioxide is a chemical compound of oxygen and the transition metal tungsten, with formula WO3.
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Tungsten(II) chloride
Tungsten(II) chloride is the inorganic compound with the formula W6Cl12.
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Tungsten(III) chloride
Tungsten(III) chloride is the inorganic compound with the formula W6Cl18.
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Tungsten(IV) chloride
Tungsten(IV) chloride is an inorganic compound with the formula WCl4.
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Tungsten(V) chloride
Tungsten(V) chloride is an inorganic compound with the formula W2Cl10.
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Tungstic acid
Tungstic acid refers to hydrated forms of tungsten trioxide, WO3.
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Turbine
A turbine (from the Greek τύρβη, tyrbē, or Latin turbo, meaning vortex) is a rotary mechanical device that extracts energy from a fluid flow and converts it into useful work.
Tycho Brahe
Tycho Brahe (born Tyge Ottesen Brahe,; 14 December 154624 October 1601), generally called Tycho for short, was a Danish astronomer of the Renaissance, known for his comprehensive and unprecedentedly accurate astronomical observations.
UGM-27 Polaris
The UGM-27 Polaris missile was a two-stage solid-fueled nuclear-armed submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM).
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Ultimate tensile strength
Ultimate tensile strength (also called UTS, tensile strength, TS, ultimate strength or F_\text in notation) is the maximum stress that a material can withstand while being stretched or pulled before breaking.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.
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Uraninite
Uraninite, also known as pitchblende, is a radioactive, uranium-rich mineral and ore with a chemical composition that is largely UO2 but because of oxidation typically contains variable proportions of U3O8.
Uranium
Uranium is a chemical element; it has symbol U and atomic number 92. Tungsten and Uranium are chemical elements.
Urine
Urine is a liquid by-product of metabolism in humans and in many other animals.
Vacuum tube
A vacuum tube, electron tube, valve (British usage), or tube (North America) is a device that controls electric current flow in a high vacuum between electrodes to which an electric potential difference has been applied.
Vapor pressure
Vapor pressure or equilibrium vapor pressure is the pressure exerted by a vapor in thermodynamic equilibrium with its condensed phases (solid or liquid) at a given temperature in a closed system.
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Vietnam
Vietnam, officially the (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's fifteenth-most populous country.
Voyager program
The Voyager program is an American scientific program that employs two interstellar probes, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2.
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William D. Coolidge
William David Coolidge (October 23, 1873 – February 3, 1975) was an American physicist and engineer, who made major contributions to X-ray machines.
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Wolfram Crisis
The Wolfram Crisis (Spanish: Crisis del wolframio) was a diplomatic conflict during World War II between Francoist Spain and the Allied powers, which sought to block Spanish exports of tungsten ore to Nazi Germany.
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Wolframite
Wolframite is an iron, manganese, and tungstate mineral with a chemical formula of that is the intermediate mineral between ferberite (rich) and hübnerite (rich). Tungsten and Wolframite are tungsten minerals.
World War I
World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
X-ray
X-rays (or rarely, X-radiation) are a form of high-energy electromagnetic radiation.
X-ray tube
An X-ray tube is a vacuum tube that converts electrical input power into X-rays.
Xanthine dehydrogenase
Xanthine dehydrogenase, also known as XDH, is a protein that, in humans, is encoded by the XDH gene.
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3D printing
3D printing or additive manufacturing is the construction of a three-dimensional object from a CAD model or a digital 3D model.
See also
Chemical elements with body-centered cubic structure
- Barium
- Caesium
- Chromium
- Darmstadtium
- Dubnium
- Europium
- Francium
- Iron
- Lithium
- Manganese
- Molybdenum
- Niobium
- Phosphorus
- Potassium
- Radium
- Roentgenium
- Rubidium
- Seaborgium
- Sodium
- Tantalum
- Tungsten
- Vanadium
Refractory metals
- Brightray
- Haynes International
- Inconel
- Kanthal (alloy)
- Molybdenum
- Nichrome
- Nicrosil
- Niobium
- Nisil
- Refractory metals
- René 41
- Rhenium
- Tantalum
- Tantalum–tungsten alloys
- Tungsten
Tungsten minerals
- Alcantarillaite
- Anthoinite
- Billwiseite
- Ferberite
- Hübnerite
- Hydrokenoelsmoreite
- Johnsenite-(Ce)
- Khomyakovite
- Manganokhomyakovite
- Qusongite
- Raspite
- Russellite (mineral)
- Scheelite
- Stolzite
- Tungsten
- Tungstite
- Wolframite
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