tungsten in the PONS Dictionary

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Tungsten is a very dense metal and is frequently used for this property, such as in fishing weights, dart tips and golf club heads.
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For example, a tungsten light bulb filament generates heat, so it would have a positive nonzero value for "q" when turned on.
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Thinking that it was an unknown mineral containing the newly discovered element tungsten, he named it ytterbite.
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The lamp with a tungsten filament is indeed the only design used now, but in 1906 they were too expensive.
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The first one is filament and the second one is tungsten.
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It takes about five 100 watt tungsten lamps to deliver the light equivalent of one security lamp.
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A small amount of thorium is added to the tungsten of the filament.
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If the amount of current used exceeds the capability of the electrode, tungsten inclusions in the weld may result.
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This shielding can be ensured by the use of lead (common) or materials such as concrete (very large walls are therefore required) or even tungsten.
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In 1922 the company brought out valves using thoriated tungsten filaments, which needed less battery power to operate than former types.
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