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tung·sten [ˈtʌŋ(k)stən] N no pl

tungsten

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Development of the tungsten-filament lamp in 1904, with three times the efficacy of carbon filament types, and improved batteries, made flashlights more useful and popular. en.wikipedia.org

The mirror is aluminized by placing it in a vacuum chamber with electrically heated tungsten or nichrome coils that can evaporate aluminum. en.wikipedia.org

A related process, plasma arc welding, also uses a tungsten electrode but uses plasma gas to make the arc. en.wikipedia.org

Challenging economic conditions and a downturn in the price of tungsten led to the mine's closure in 1985. en.wikipedia.org

Thinking that it was an unknown mineral containing the newly discovered element tungsten, he named it ytterbite. en.wikipedia.org

It takes about five 100 watt tungsten lamps to deliver the light equivalent of one security lamp. en.wikipedia.org

There were also tungsten, tantalum and uranium mines in the vicinity. en.wikipedia.org

Lighting comes from pyramidal objects which house luminescent lamps, although originally the station had chandeliers with normal tungsten bulbs. en.wikipedia.org

If the amount of current used exceeds the capability of the electrode, tungsten inclusions in the weld may result. en.wikipedia.org

It consisted of a brass shank into which a very hard and strong tungsten wire, somewhat narrower than the standard record groove, had been fitted. en.wikipedia.org

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