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tungsten

chemical element with symbol W and atomic number 74
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Summary

tungsten is a chemical element[1]. tungsten ranks in the top 7% of chemical element entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23,932 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Juan José Elhuyar[3], Fausto Elhuyar[4]
  • Instance of: electron medium[5], lithophile[6]
  • Named after: Canis lupus[7]
  • Made from material: wolframite[8], scheelite[9], ferberite[10], hübnerite[11], rhabdoborite-(W)[12]
  • Location of discovery: Spain[13]
  • Canonical SMILES: [W][14]
  • Element symbol: W[15]
  • Chemical formula: W[16]
  • Subclass of: heavy metal[17], d-block[18]
  • Part of: period 6[19], group 6[20], transition metal[21]
  • Commons category: Tungsten[22]
  • Unicode character: 鎢[23]
  • Crystal system: body-centered cubic[24]
  • Time of discovery or invention: 1783[25]
  • Point group: cubic-hexoctahedral[26]
  • Space group: space group Im-3m[27]
  • IPA transcription: ˈtʌŋstən[28]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Tungsten[29]
  • Commons gallery: Tungsten[30]
  • Atomic number: 74[31]
  • Mohs' hardness: 7.5[32]
  • Electronegativity: 2.36[33]
  • Oxidation state: 2[34], 3[35], 4[36], 5[37], 6[38], -4[39], -2[40], -1[41], 0[42], 1[43]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[44], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[45], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[46], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[47]

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Influence

Things named for tungsten include tungstite[48], a mineral species[49]; tungstibite[50], a mineral species[51]; and cuprotungstite[52], a mineral species[53].

Why It Matters

tungsten has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] tungsten is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]

Entities named for tungsten include tungstite[48], a mineral species[49]; tungstibite[50], a mineral species[51]; and cuprotungstite[52], a mineral species[53].

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Atomic weights of the elements 2009 (IUPAC Technical Report). wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] ↑ . cns11643.gov.tw. Retrieved . cns11643.gov.tw. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . britannica.com. britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . britannica.com. britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . britannica.com. britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  36. [38] ↑ . britannica.com. britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [49] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [51] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [53] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [54] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [55] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · R1F4T · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14936 → {'unit': 'Q192274', 'amount': '+135'}
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'am', 'an', 'anp', 'ar', 'ary', 'arz', 'ast', 'avk', 'az', 'ba', 'ban', '
    P14937 → {'unit': 'Q192274', 'amount': '+162'}
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14936: 135 picometre, Add sourced P14936 element radius"
  2. 16d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Zvg number → 7740
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  3. 19d ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxidation state → {'amount': '+2'}, {'amount': '+3'}, {'amount': '+4'} +7
    Zvg number → 7740
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  4. 23d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxidation state → {'amount': '+2'}, {'amount': '+3'}, {'amount': '+4'} +7
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Oxidation state: −4, add oxidation state from en:Template:Infobox element/symbol-to-oxidation-state"
  5. 23d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ipa transcription → ˈtʌŋstən
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  6. 23d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-tun
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Pronunciation audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-tungsten.wav, add English pronunciation audio (Lingua Libre, from en:Template:Infobox element"
  7. 24d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → heavy metal, d-block
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  8. 24d ago · R1F4T · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ionization energy → {'unit': 'Q83327', 'amount': '+7.86403'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Ionization energy: 7.86403±0.0001 electronvolt, import ionization energy from NIST Atomic Spectra Database"
  9. 5w ago · Baum64 · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → paramagnetism
    Standard molar entropy → {'unit': 'Q20966455', 'amount': '+173.96'}, {'unit': 'Q20966455', 'amount': '+45.68'}, {'unit': 'Q20966455', 'amount': '+32.66'}
    Mohs' hardness → {'amount': '+7.5'}
    Point group → cubic-hexoctahedral
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Point group: cubic-hexoctahedral, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270882|batch #270882]]"
  10. 6w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → heavy metal, d-block
    Part of → period 6, group 6, transition metal
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  11. 6w ago · Mahirtwofivesix · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id → i114021
    Arabic ontology lexical concept id → 151078550
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  12. 8w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Electrical conductivity → {'unit': 'Q80842107', 'amount': '+18520000.0'}
    Specific heat capacity → {'unit': 'Q3085309', 'amount': '+138.0'}
    Electrical resistivity → {'unit': 'Q1441459', 'amount': '+0.0000000528'}
    Speed of sound → {'unit': 'Q182429', 'amount': '+5174.0'}
    "/* wbsetreference-set:2| */ Space group: space group Im-3m"
  13. 8w ago · Baum64 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Poisson's ratio → {'amount': '+0.289'}
    Bulk modulus → {'unit': 'Q44395', 'amount': '+302264000000.0'}
    Crystal system → body-centered cubic
    Shear modulus → {'unit': 'Q44395', 'amount': '+148152000000.0'}
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Cod id: 9006486, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269026|batch #269026]]"
  14. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1nfhTJ, 1UMXqj
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  15. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Hrvatska enciklopedija id → volfram
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