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W 183.84 Atomic mass · uTransition metals
Tungsten
Tungsten, also known as wolfram, is a chemical element with symbol W and atomic number 74. The word tungsten comes from the Swedish language tung sten, which directly translates to heavy stone. Its name in Swedish is volfram, however, in order to distinguish it from scheelite, which in Swedish is alternatively named tungsten.
Discovery 1783 (Carl Wilhelm Scheele)
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Physical properties
Values for the element in its standard state.
- Density
- 19.25g/cm³
- Melting point
- 3,695K
- Boiling point
- 5,828K
- Atomic radius
- 146pm
- Bonding type
- Metallic
- Molar heat
- 24.27J/(mol·K)
Inside the atom
Electron arrangement and the energy behind its behavior.
Full electron configuration
1s, 2 electrons; 2s, 2 electrons; 2p, 6 electrons; 3s, 2 electrons; 3p, 6 electrons; 3d, 10 electrons; 4s, 2 electrons; 4p, 6 electrons; 4d, 10 electrons; 5s, 2 electrons; 5p, 6 electrons; 4f, 14 electrons; 5d, 4 electrons; 6s, 2 electrons;
[Xe] represents 54 core electrons. The full view shows them explicitly.
74 electrons Orbital order preserved from source
- Electronegativity
- 2.36Pauling scale
- First ionization energy
- 770kJ/mol
- Electron affinity
- 79kJ/mol
- Van der Waals radius
- Not available
W TungstenAtomic number 74
770kJ/mol
Atomic numberGaps indicate unavailable data
About tungsten
- Appearance
- Grayish white, lustrous
- Discovery
- 1783 (Carl Wilhelm Scheele)
- Data source
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