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How Is Tungsten So Hard and Heat-Resistant?
14 September 2026

How Is Tungsten So Hard and Heat-Resistant?

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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 ballpoint pens in today's episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://science.howstuffworks.com/tungsten.htm

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