# Tungsten
## ๐ง Tungsten ยท 3D (three.js)
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*Tungsten in the live three.js Elements explorer โ drag to orbit the atom, click any tile to compare, slide the temperature.* ยท [โถ open full](https://wikitube-elements.netlify.app/?el=W)
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!Tungsten plate.svg
*Plate 74 of 118 - animated Bohr shells, stylized per Madelung filling; engraving style per house Arcanity kit.*
## Microsim To Do
*Claimable rows, house pattern. Real Wikipedia articles only.*
- Incandescent light bulb - tungsten filament and thermal radiation
- Tungsten carbide - hardness and cutting tool applications
- Jet engine - tungsten alloys and turbine blade materials
- X-ray tube - tungsten anode and rapid heat dissipation
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> **Official MAIN - Chemical element, Z = 74.** Part of the Elements Canon (one canonical page per element). Infobox grounded in [Wikipedia: List of chemical elements](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chemical_elements), fetched 2026-07-08. Full article: [Wikipedia: Tungsten](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tungsten).
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## Key facts (infobox)
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| Symbol - Z | W - 74 |
| Group - Period - Block | 6 - 6 - d-block |
| Atomic weight (Da) | 183.84 |
| Density (g/cm3) | 19.25 |
| Melting - Boiling (K) | 3695 - 6203 |
| Electronegativity (Pauling) | 2.36 |
| Crustal abundance (mg/kg) | 1.3 |
| Origin | primordial |
| Phase (STP) | solid |
| Name origin | Swedish tung sten, 'heavy stone'; symbol from wolfram |
*Bracketed weights are the mass number of the most stable isotope; values in parentheses are predictions (per the source table).*
## Story
Tungsten was discovered in 1781 by Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele as a component of the mineral scheelite, and was independently isolated in 1783 by Spanish chemists Juan Josรฉ and Fausto Elhuyar, who named it tungstenio from the Swedish 'tung sten' meaning 'heavy stone' [model-prior - verify]. The element's symbol W derives from its alternate name wolfram. Tungsten has the highest melting point of any element (3695 K), giving it unparalleled utility in extreme-temperature applications [model-prior - verify].
Tungsten's most famous application is as the filament in incandescent light bulbs, where its high melting point and low vapor pressure allowed it to glow at temperatures where other metals would vaporize [model-prior - verify]. Beyond lighting, tungsten is an essential refractory metal: it appears in high-temperature alloys for aerospace (jet engines and turbine blades), in armor-piercing ammunition, and in X-ray tube anodes (where rapid heat dissipation from electron bombardment is critical) [model-prior - verify]. Tungsten carbide is one of the hardest materials known, used in cutting tools, drill bits, and industrial grinding wheels.
Tungsten represents the transition-metal extreme: an element defined by its resistance to heat and wear, making it indispensable for humanity's most demanding material applicationsโfrom the light that illuminated the 20th century to the spacecraft and precision tools of the 21st.
## Corpus connections
- R.E.A.C.T.I.O.N. - the Chemistry hub
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- History of Mining in Minnesota - high-temperature materials and technical history
## Vocational-Technical Semiotics
The element speaks the canon's shared signs: the periodic table cell (W, group 6, period 6), isotope notation, and hazard pictograms ghs where handling demands it.
## Sources
Infobox: [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chemical_elements](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chemical_elements) (fetched 2026-07-08); etymology per the same table's notes. Story sources to be added at enrichment.
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## From the Real GENERATIVE library
> Tungsten (also called wolfram)[12][13] is a chemical element; it has symbol W and atomic number 74. It is a rare metal found naturally on Earth almost exclusively as compounds with other elements. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tungsten))
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## Navigation
- Canon: Elements Canon index - neighbors by Z: [[Tantalum|Tantalum (73)]] - [[Rhenium|Rhenium (75)]]
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## Wikipedia : Wikitube
**Strict pair:** [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tungsten) : [Wikitube](https://en.wikitube.io/wiki/Tungsten)
## Previous hub tags
Tree parents: [[Helium]] ยท [[Hydrogen]] ยท [[Oxygen]].
Legacy hubs: none.
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*Sources: 1 legacy note. Minted wave 1, 2026-07-30 (v1.6 order).*