How Is Tungsten So Hard and Heat-Resistant?

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Sep 14, 20269:20Science & Medicine

Tungsten's boiling point is over 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit, and as tungsten carbide, it's one of the hardest materials we know. Learn how it's used for everything from armor-piercing bullets to electron microscopes to ba...

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