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74 - Tungsten transition metal

Atomic Mass (u)

183.84

Density (g/cm³)

19.25

Phase

Solid

Year of Discovery

1783
TungstenWElectron 1Electron 2Electron 1Electron 2Electron 3Electron 4Electron 5Electron 6Electron 7Electron 8Electron 1Electron 2Electron 3Electron 4Electron 5Electron 6Electron 7Electron 8Electron 9Electron 10Electron 11Electron 12Electron 13Electron 14Electron 15Electron 16Electron 17Electron 18Electron 1Electron 2Electron 3Electron 4Electron 5Electron 6Electron 7Electron 8Electron 9Electron 10Electron 11Electron 12Electron 13Electron 14Electron 15Electron 16Electron 17Electron 18Electron 19Electron 20Electron 21Electron 22Electron 23Electron 24Electron 25Electron 26Electron 27Electron 28Electron 29Electron 30Electron 31Electron 32Electron 1Electron 2Electron 3Electron 4Electron 5Electron 6Electron 7Electron 8Electron 9Electron 10Electron 11Electron 12Electron 1Electron 2

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.

74 Atomic Number
183.84  u Atomic Mass
3680.15  K Melting Point
5828  K Boiling Point
19.25  g/cm³ Density
2  Å Atomic Radius
1.62  Å Covalent Radius
2.36 Electronegativity
7.86  eV First Ionization Energy
78.76 Electron Affinity
6 Number of Shells
2, 8, 18, 32, 12, 2 Electron Shell Occupations
0.13  J/g Specific Heat