Tuesday, January 15, 2019

What Makes Tungsten Carbide Useful

By Carol West


The entire world is surrounded by wonder with every different compounds that can be found in it. Most of those compound are what makes it possible for things to get created. There is this one compound chemical that came from the combination of tungsten and carbon that is pretty much useful as it is used to create so many stuff that are pretty much useful to mankind. There are so tungsten carbide parts that are being sold in the market all over the world and not everyone is aware of that.

These parts are from the compound tungsten carbide which is basically made up of both tungsten and carbon. Tungsten is a metal element that is rare and so durable. Anyway, the combination of carbon and tungsten have created the fine powder like appearance of tungsten carbide. Though, when this thing is under the process of sintering it can be formed into so many shapes.

To have this done, it needs to go on heating at about some point of temperature then all its particles will be pressed to each other creating it into something else. The temperature it needs to have that done is more than two thousand Fahrenheit. Through that entire processing the finish product of its heating will look so exquisite with it undeniable shine and natural polished look.

This combination is pretty popular because of its durability, it is said that it may reach approximately twice as stiff as steels are. No wonder this has been continuously used in creating many stuff, all worth it. As matter of fact, this can as well be perfect for jewelry making like piercings but usually this is commonly used for rings.

This also has great durability knowing how stiff it can actually be. Somehow, it explains the reason why most of wedding bands are created of this compound. People believed that this symbolizes a strong durable marriage that can be continuously polished over the years which is actually a fun fact.

Aside from jewels, utensils were mostly from it. There are way too many kinds of knives that can be named and this can create all of them. Besides, there are more than that, drill bushings, cutting inserts, nozzles and a long list of things made up from it.

Few mining tools were also made of this compound, pretty impressive. But, its usage does not stop there since it known to be a great reflector, which means it can create so much unimaginable stuff. Some of those stuff are weapon and sure this apparently is critical an dangerous ones.

But, the truth is this has been named differently way back. On its history, it was stated there that when a guy that was named Peter Woulfe discovered this, it was originally named as Wolfram. However, after several years it turned out as tungsten carbide which in Swedish meant as heavy stone.

However on those industries where people are exposed to it, they are just often referring to it as a carbide. Some would also call them tungsten even if not referring to the element but with the compound. Somehow this has lead quite confusion on how it should actually be called.




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