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Tungsten
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tungsten
[n] - a heavy gray-white metallic element Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=tungsten
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Tungsten
Tungsten metal is lustrous and silvery white in colour, and does not occur naturally (it has an abundance of 1 ppm in the earth`s crust). It is found in the ore Wolframite, a tungstate of iron and manganese, (FeMn)WO4, which is converted to the trioxide and then reduced to the metal by re... Found op http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/source/t/u/tungsten/source.html
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Tungsten
A hard, brittle, corrosion-resistant, gray to white metallic element commonly used in pure or alloy form in high-temperature structural materials, such as lamp and valve filaments.
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tungsten
1. <chemistry, element> A rare element of the chromium group found in certain minerals, as wolfram and scheelite, and isolated as a heavy steel-gray metal which is very hard and infusible. It has both acid and basic properties. When alloyed in small quantities with steel, it greatly increases ... Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?tungsten
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wolfram noun a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=tungsten
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tungsten
(W) (tung´stәn) a chemical element, atomic number 74, atomic weight 183.85. Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001
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Tungsten
• (n.) A rare element of the chromium group found in certain minerals, as wolfram and scheelite, and isolated as a heavy steel-gray metal which is very hard and infusible. It has both acid and basic properties. When alloyed in small quantities with steel, it greatly increases its hardness. Symb... Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/tungsten/
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(from the article `Vallejo, César`) Vallejo was expelled from Paris in 1930 as a political militant and went to Madrid. There he wrote the proletarian novel El tungsteno (1931; ... Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/t/91
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tungsten
chemical element, an exceptionally strong refractory metal of Group VIb of the periodic table, used in steels to increase hardness and strength and ... [9 related articles] Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/t/91
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[Cantung] Tungsten (Cantung) Airport {Airport codes|TNS|||CBX5} is located near Tungsten, Northwest Territories, Canada. Prior permission is required to land except in the case of an emergency. ... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tungsten_(Cantung)_Airport
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Tungsten
[music] A Tungsten or Tungs-Tone is a type of phonograph stylus. They are constructed from tungsten wire, which is held in a metal shank. Unlike a steel stylus, a tungsten stylus has a cylindrical rather than a conical shape, meaning that the cross-section of the stylus remains the same as t... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tungsten_(music)
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Tungsten
Tungsten ən, also known as wolfram m ({Respell|WUUL|frəm}), is a chemical element with the chemical symbol W and atomic number 74. The word tungsten comes from the Swedish language tung sten directly translatable to heavy stone. A hard, rare metal under standard conditions when uncombined, tungst... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tungsten
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tungsten
(W) A hard, brittle, corrosion-resistant, silvery-gray metallic element that has the highest melting point of any metal and the second highest of any element (after carbon; it also has the lowest vapor pressure of any metal. It is a transition element in group VIB of the pe... Found op http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/T/tungsten.html
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tungsten
tungsten (tŭng'stun) [Swed.,=heavy stone], metallic chemical element; symbol W; at. no. 74; at. wt. 183.85; m.p. about 3,410°C; b.p. 5,660°C; sp. gr. 19.3 at 20°C; valence +2, +3, +4, +5, or +6. Tungsten is a very hard, silver-white to steel-gray metal with a body-centered cubi... Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0849681.html
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Tungsten
Tungsten (previously also known as wolfram and scheelium) is a grey-white, heavy, high-melting, ductile, hard, polyvalent metallic element that resembles chromium and molybdenum in most of it's properties and is used especially for electrical purposes and in hardening steel. It has the symbol W. Tun... Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/GT.HTM
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tungsten
(W) Type: Term Pronunciation: tŭng′stĕn Definitions: 1. A metallic element, atomic no. 74, atomic wt. 183.85. Synonyms: wolfram, wolframium Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=94974
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tungsten
Hard, heavy, grey-white, metallic element, atomic number 74, relative atomic mass 183.85. Its chemical symbol comes from the German Wolfram. It occurs in the minerals wolframite, scheelite, and hubertite. It has the highest melting point of any metal (3,410°C/6,170°F) and is added to steel ... Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0010190.html
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tungsten
1) At. no. 74 2) Atomic number 74 3) Lamp filament element 4) Metal 5) Metallic element 6) W 7) Wolfram Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/tungsten/1
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