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W, 74
tungsten (English)
tungstène, m. (French)
Wolfram, n. (German)
vol'fram (Russian)
tungsteno??? (Spanish)
volfram (Swedish)


Symbol, numberW, 74 (metal), Group: 6; 6B
Weight183.85
In Nature
Discovered1783, by Don Juan José de Elhuyar and Don Fausto de Elhuyar (Spain)
Density  [kg/m3]19300 [293 K] (solid)   17700 [3680 K] (liquid)   
Molar volume9.53 cm3
Melting Temperature3680 K   (3407 °C)   Enthalpy: 799.1 kJ/mol
Boiling Temperature5930 K   (5657 °C)   Enthalpy: 35.2 kJ/mol
Electrical resistance5.65E-8 [300 K] Wm
ThermalConductivity: 174 [300 K] W/Km     Expansion: 4.59E-6 /K
Ionisation [kJ/mol]
  M-->  M+--> M2+--> M3+--> M4+--> M5+--> M6+--> M7+--> M8+--> M9+-->M10+
Thermodynamics
State Df Df CpH 298.15-H°0
[kJ/mol] [J/Kmol] [kJ/mol]
Isotopes
Mass In nature Half-life Spin m/mN NMM Decay
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