Some Facts About Tungsten Carbide

By Carol West


The entire world is surrounded by wonder with every different compounds that can be found in it. Most of those compound are what makes it possible for things to get created. There is this one compound chemical that came from the combination of tungsten and carbon that is pretty much useful as it is used to create so many stuff that are pretty much useful to mankind. There are so tungsten carbide parts that are being sold in the market all over the world and not everyone is aware of that.

These parts are from the compound tungsten carbide which is basically made up of both tungsten and carbon. Tungsten is a metal element that is rare and so durable. Anyway, the combination of carbon and tungsten have created the fine powder like appearance of tungsten carbide. Though, when this thing is under the process of sintering it can be formed into so many shapes.

That exact process involves pressing of all its particles through heating it in high temperature. Its temperature may not or may be over three hundred thousand Fahrenheit. This process is basically what makes it finish products look very polished and so shiny.

Because of its compound combination, it became twice as stiff as the steel does making it perfect in making. That makes it perfect in creating jewelries, hardware components and tools, armors, piercing and more. A jewelry that is made up of this element can look pretty great as new over a long time.

Most of wedding bands that are sold to couples are apparently created out of tungsten carbide. Since it is pretty strong, durable and has nice finish product, other people have a silly belief that this is a perfect symbol of marriage. And with that, it became somehow quite like a custom to use in making these kinds of special rings.

Aside from jewels, utensils were mostly from it. There are way too many kinds of knives that can be named and this can create all of them. Besides, there are more than that, drill bushings, cutting inserts, nozzles and a long list of things made up from it.

This has been even used often as tool in mining. And, it is can be effective neutron reflector. Which means its series of reaction to neutron may be used to particularly in creating weapons, pretty cool and quite critical at the same time.

Funny how this element was not known with its name now before when it was discovered. According to history, this was originally named as Wolfram and was derived from the man who had discovered it. But, then it was changed to its name now which means heavy stone

Although somehow there are many ways this may be referred to and can cause quite confusion to other industries out there. Few people would refer to this as carbide only. And others would say it is tungsten when in fact the element is far different from the compound combination is.




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