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The name tungsten (which means ' heavy stone ' in Swedish and was the old Swedish name for the mineral scheelite and other minerals of similar density) is used in English, French, and many other languages as the name of the element, but wolfram (or volfram) is used in most European (especially Germanic and Slavic) languages and is derived from ...
Another catalytic use of tungsten is as a De-NO X catalyst which is used in the treatment of nitrogen oxide emissions to convert harmful nitrogen oxides into inert N 2 gas. [14] Another modern day use of tungsten is as a lubricant. Tungsten disulfide (WS 2) is a lubricant with a dynamic coefficient of friction of ~0.03. Tungsten disulfide can ...
Tungsten carbide (chemical formula: WC) is a chemical compound (specifically, a carbide) containing equal parts of tungsten and carbon atoms. In its most basic form, tungsten carbide is a fine gray powder, but it can be pressed and formed into shapes through sintering [7] for use in industrial machinery, engineering facilities, [8] molding blocks, [9] cutting tools, chisels, abrasives, armor ...
Scheelite is a calcium tungstate mineral with the chemical formula Ca W O 4.It is an important ore of tungsten (wolfram). Scheelite is originally named after Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742–1786).
The chemical symbol for tungsten, W, is based on the German name Wolfram, which is found in wolframite and comes from the German for "wolf's foam", how the mineral was known to Saxon miners. The name tungsten means "heavy stone", a description of scheelite, another mineral in which tungsten is found. [11]
Wolfram may refer to: Wolfram (name), a Germanic masculine given name and a surname (includes a list of people with the name) Wolfram (musician), an Austrian DJ; Wolfram (element), the original name for the chemical element best known as tungsten; Wolfram Research, a software company known for the symbolic computation program Mathematica
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The name "Tungsram" is a portmanteau of tungsten (/ ˈ t ʌ ŋ s t ən / TUNG-stən) and wolfram (/ ˈ w ʊ l f r əm / WUUL-frəm), the two common names of the metal used for making light bulb filaments. Before becoming nationalized by the Communist government in 1945, the company was the world's third largest manufacturer of light bulbs and ...