What is tungsten steel?
tungsten steel is a type of metal alloy made of tungsten and iron. Adding tungsten to an alloy gives him increased hardness and heat resistance, allowing equipment made of tungsten steel to maintain high performance and resist wear at high temperatures. Wolfram steel is appreciated for its industrial use as tool steel and is commonly used in industrial tools and machines used to work other metals such as die and cutting tools. Wolfram is one of the densest and most thermal resistant chemical elements. It is melted at 6192 ° F (3422 ° C), giving it the second highest melting point of any chemical element and the highest of any pure, unproven metal. Its density, 19.25 grams per cubic centimeter, is higher than the density of uranium, lead and main transuranical elements. Wolfram's tensile strength is also very high.
Due to its hardTheness and heat resistance is tungsten with a common alloy in high -speed steel, type of tool steel. These are alloys from the tool that maintains high hardness at high temperatures, allowing them to resist heat and abrasion that have suffered high -speed cutting tools and drills. Their tungsten content varies by alloy, but can be up to 18.75 percent. These steels also contain carbon and several percentage points of their composition often consist of other alloyed metals such as molybdenum, chrome and vanad. A small number of other elements such as copper, nickel and phosphorus are also used.
High -speed tungsten steel is commonly used to make machines such as saw blades, taps and drilling pieces. Due to abrasion resistance, it is also sometimes used in hand tools. This includes chisels, sets and kitchen knives.
tungsten is also a primary element for climbing on some types of hot work tool, which is a form of tool steel used in tools,which must be able to withstand extended exposure to high temperatures. In addition, the hot working tool must be highly stress -resistant to rapid temperature changes called thermal shock. Hot work tungsten steel usually also has a high chrome content and can also contain vanads. It is used in a device that works with other heated metals such as pushing and fittings.