Tungsten , kent as wolfram  an aa, is a chemical element  wi the chemical seembol W  an atomic nummer  74. The wird tungsten  comes frae the Swadish leid tung sten  directly translatable tae hivy stane ,[ 4] volfram  in Swadish fur tae distinguish it frae Scheelite , at in Swadish is alternatively named tungsten .
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Tungsten,  74  Tungsten Pronunciation    (TUNG -stən Appearance riach, lustrous Standard atomic weight   A r,  std (W)7002183840000000000♠ 183.84(1)[ 1] Tungsten in the periodic cairt  
 
Mo W Sg  
tantalum  ← tungsten  → rhenium  
  
 Atomic nummer  (Z ) 74 Group group  6 Period period  6   Block d-block   Element category   Transeetion metal Electron confeeguration [ Xe ]  4f14  5d4  6s2 [ 2] Electrons per shell 2, 8, 18, 32, 12, 2 Pheesical properties Phase  at  STP  solit Meltin  pynt 3695  K    (3422  °C,   6192  °F)   Bylin  pynt 5828  K   (5555  °C,   10031  °F)   Density   (near  r.t. ) 19.25  g/cm3  when  liquid (at  m.p. ) 17.6  g/cm3    Creetical  pynt 13892  K,   MPa   Heat  o  fusion 35.3  kJ/mol    Heat o vapourisation 806.7  kJ/mol   Molar heat capacity 24.27  J/(mol·K)   Vapour  pressur 
P   (Pa) 1 
10 
100 
1  k 
10  k 
100  k  
at  T   (K)  
3477 
3773 
4137 
4579 
5127 
5823  
 Atomic properties Oxidation states −4, −2, −1, 0, +1, +2, +3, +4 +6   mildly acidic  oxide) Electronegativity Pauling  scale: 2.36   Atomic radius empirical:  139  pm    Covalent radius 162±7  pm   Colour lines in a spectral range Spectral lines  o tungstenIther properties Naitural occurrence primordial Creestal structur    body-centred  cubic  (bcc)Speed o soond   thin  rod (annealed) 4620  m/s  (at  r.t. )   Thermal expansion 4.5  µm/(m·K)  (at  25  °C)   Thermal conductivity 173  W/(m·K)   Electrical resistivity 52.8 n  Ω·m  (at  20  °C)   Magnetic orderin paramagnetic [ 3]   Young's modulus 411  GPa   Shear modulus 161  GPa   Bulk modulus 310  GPa   Poisson ratio 0.28   Mohs haurdness 7.5   Vickers haurdness 3430  MPa   Brinell haurdness 2570  MPa   CAS Nummer 7440-33-7   History Diskivery Torbern Bergman   (1781)First isolation Juan José Elhuyar  an Fausto Elhuyar   (1783)Main isotopes o tungsten  
Iso tope Abun dance Hauf-life  (t 1/2 ) Decay mode Pro duct  
180 W0.12% 
1.8× 1018  y α 176 Hf 
181 Wsyn 121.2 d  
ε 181 Ta 
182 W26.50% 
>1.7×1020  y (α ) 
178 Hf 
183 W14.31% 
>8×1019  y (α ) 
179 Hf 
184 W30.64% 
>1.8×1020  y (α ) 
180 Hf 
185 Wsyn 75.1 d  
β−  185 Re 
186 W28.43% 
>4.1×1018  y (α ) 
182 Hf 
(β− β−  ) 
186 Os 
 Decay modes in parentheses are predictit, but hae nae yet been observed   |  references 
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