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What does tungsten mean?

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Noun
  1. A metallic chemical element (symbol W) with an atomic number of 74. The symbol is derived from the Latin word wolframium.
  2. A light bulb containing tungsten.
  3. (mineralogy) scheelite, or calcium tungstate
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While most bullets have been jacketed with copper-zinc alloy, a variety of other hard metals, including tungsten, have been used.
For consumers who want higher lumens, manufacturers offer tactical lights utilizing Xenon or Halogen gas-filled bulbs with tungsten filaments.
World War II brought a tungsten boom, and the bright fluorescence of scheelite made it an obvious target for night prospecting.
A coating of zinc on steel can be used and the aluminum welded to it by the gas tungsten arc welding process.
Chemistry experiments with seaborgium have firmly placed it in group 6 as a heavier homologue to tungsten.
In wire form, tungsten is used extensively for lighting, electronic devices, and thermocouples.

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