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Tungsten · element 74
Transition Metal · Solid at room temperature
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.
Key facts
Atomic mass
183.841 u
how heavy one atom is
Phase (room temp.)
Solid
Density
19.25 g/cm³
how tightly packed it is
Melting point
3695 K (3422 °C)
when solid turns to liquid
Boiling point
6203 K (5930 °C)
when liquid turns to gas
Period
6
its row in the periodic table
Group
6
its column in the periodic table
Block
D-block
the neighbourhood it lives in
Electronegativity
2.36
how strongly it pulls electrons
Electron configuration
[Xe] 4f14 5d4 6s2
where its electrons live
Shells
2 · 8 · 18 · 32 · 12 · 2
electrons in each layer, inside to out
Discovered by
Carl Wilhelm Scheele
who found it
Appearance
grayish white, lustrous
what it looks like
Source: Wikipedia