The 74th element that is forever linked to its unbelievable strength. Tungsten is everything a metal should be: it's
heavy, strong, conductive, alloyable, and shiny. It even forms crystals. Although its tensile strength is the best out of any metal, its impact strength is straight
ass. If you were to make a sledgehammer out of Tungsten and hit it against something sturdy, the
head of the hammer would
blow itself to pieces. Despite this, Tungsten is still widely used for its tensile strength. It is a major component in some steels, offering a huge boost in durability and strength and sending the melting point of the latter into space. Tungsten's name is directly translated into "
heavy stone" from Swedish (Tung Sten). Its previous name "Wolfram" comes from the
chief ore of Tungsten, Wolframite. This in turn means "the devourer of Tin" in Germanic, due to the fact that Tungsten interferes with the process of smelting Tin.
