Tungsten

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 __**By: Cameron Giles and Mercedes Helm**__ **Element: Tungsten Symbol: W Atomic Number:74 Atomic Mass: 183.84 Number of Protions- 74 Number of Nutrons- 110 Number of Electrons- 74 Melting Point- 3410 C**
 * //Tungsten//** [[image:http://ts3.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=1611344850826&id=af72a068d75c8b28308b011b39950661&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.buzzle.com%2fimg%2farticleImages%2f271867-13726-16.jpg width="168" height="136"]]
 * Boilong Point- 5660 C**
 * Normal Phase  - Soild **

Tungsten's cost is $50 for 1 pound. It is a metal.


 * //My element tungsten belongs to the Transition Family//**.

//** Most of Earth's Tungsten is found in China (85%). Tungsten is also found a lot in Bolivia, Portugal, Calafornia,Colorado, Russia, and Korea .**//


 * // The Origin of name- //**

Tungsten was named from the Sweedish words, tung- and sten-. Tung- means heavy and sten- means stone, which means tungsten means heavy stone.


 * The discovery of tungsten- **


 * Tungsten was discovered by a Sweedish man named Carl Scheele in 1796. Carl Wilhelm Scheele discovered it in Sweeden. **

//__** More Tungsten History- **__// In 1758 Axel Cronstedt an unusual heavy stone which he called Tungsten. He truly discoverd Tungsten but all the credit went to Carl Wilhelm Scheele. **
 * Tungsten's history goes back to the 17th centery. People who minned in the Erz Mountains of Saxony ( in Germany) noticed that there was a certain kind of rock in the mountains. This is when it was named Wolfram.

** Tungsten is just as dence as gold, but Tungsten is literaly hundreds of dollars cheaper. That is one of the reasons Tungsten makes a great jewelry element. **

**//__Terrific Tungsten Facts!__//**
 * Some uses of Tungsten are mining, lightbulbs, contacts, darts,wires, and strings for instruments.
 * Another word for Tungsten is German word Wolfram
 * Tungsten is a popular element to use for men's wedding rings.
 * Tungsten has the highest melting point of any highest melting point out of any metal.
 * Tungsten also has the lowest vapor pressure out of any metal.
 * Very pure tungsten can be cut with a hacksaw, forged, spun, drawn, and extruded.
 * 75% of the worlds Tungsten is in China.
 * Tungsten is one of the worlds most dence metals.
 * Wolfram is where Tungsten's symbol "W" comes from.
 * <span style="color: #ba20e9; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 157.3%;">Tungsten's color can range from white, to gray, to silver.
 * <span style="color: #ba20e9; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 157.3%;">More than 60% of the worlds tungsten is consumed by the United States of America.

** Danger! Danger! **

// **Tungsten can also be lots of danger because it is very difficult to mine. Many Chinese people die a year because of Tungsten mining. Although Tungsten mining does give a job to many people in China.** //

Sources- http://www.chemicalelements.com/elements.comw.html http://hobart.k12.in.us/ksms/PeridicTable/tungsten http://www.periodic.12ml.gov/elements/74.html [] http://www.factmonster.com/enyclopediatungsten

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