But at the tip, where the electric field created by applying a voltage to the tungsten is at its maximum, N2 molecules are driven away. From Wordnik.com. [The Sharpest Object of All Times | Impact Lab] Reference
Perfect! pure tungsten is a steel-gray to tin-white metal. From Wordnik.com. [Reader Makes Periodic Table Of Superheroics - Geekologie] Reference
These elements - tungsten is one example - are found all over the world and in relative abundance. From Wordnik.com. [China Flexes Muscles With Rare Earth Export Cut] Reference
To start with the tungsten is chemically very reactive and the nitrogen roughens the tungsten surface. From Wordnik.com. [The Sharpest Object of All Times | Impact Lab] Reference
Canadian production of copper, zinc, lead, nickel and tungsten is being expanded as rapidly as possible. From Wordnik.com. [Preparedness and the Canadian Economy] Reference
tungsten is mixed with carbon to make a very strong, very resistant material called tungsten carbide. From Wordnik.com. [Tungsten] Reference
The closest they get to matching the tungsten is that dark amber color, which doesn’t look nearly the same. From Wordnik.com. [LED Lights: Dreamin’ of a Green Christmas | Inhabitat] Reference
Are metal alloys such as tungsten alloys not patentable?. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Gene Patent(s?) Invalidated:] Reference
But there are a few curve balls here as well, such as tungsten. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XXIII No 4] Reference
German language; the name, tungsten, meaning heavy stone, is generally used in other tongues. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy] Reference
The country's main exports were primary commodities such as tungsten, fish, and human hair for wigs. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
I know folks who have copies of the original shipping docs with dates and exact weights of "tungsten" bars shipped to Ft. Knox. From Wordnik.com. [Signs of the Times] Reference
They also plan to imbue welding samples with tracer materials, such as tungsten carbide, that emit X-rays at high temperatures. From Wordnik.com. [Gizmodo] Reference
The car's door handles as well as reshaped Range Rover Sport-style fender side vents may now be painted in "tungsten" metal gray paint. From Wordnik.com. [AutoReview] Reference
'80s-inspired black leather - and rubber-strapped watches, some of which are made of hi-tech materials such as tungsten carbide. From Wordnik.com. [London Free Press] Reference
But the fact of the matter is tungsten wolframite. From Wordnik.com. [Tungsten] Reference
Like you having tungsten where other people have nerves. From Wordnik.com. [Come To Grief]
That's the heart of a financier working on a tungsten deal. From Wordnik.com. [Tungsten] Reference
Only one thing in all this world hard as the tungsten kind. From Wordnik.com. [Tungsten] Reference
"We have heat enough to cook anything, including tungsten alloy.". From Wordnik.com. [Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet] Reference
They pushed a tungsten wire through the drop and onto the silicon. From Wordnik.com. [The Transistor] Reference
They're known as the "Three Ts" (tin, tungsten, tantalum) and gold. From Wordnik.com. [Free The Slaves: Several Types of Slavery Linked to Congo's Mining Industry] Reference
'They were drilling holes about six feet deep, with tungsten drills. From Wordnik.com. [Smokescreen]
There's only one thing in all this world hard as the tungsten steel. From Wordnik.com. [Tungsten] Reference
Where can tungsten, or tungsten steel, be procured, and at what price?. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American, Volume XXXVI., No. 8, February 24, 1877 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.] Reference
Its hammers are made of of diamonds, tungsten carbide and other alloys. From Wordnik.com. [Bore Hole For Rescue Reaches Trapped Chile Miners] Reference
Coltan, tin, tungsten -- all crucial to the global electronics industry. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 23, 2009] Reference
How long would that last if the gold, tungsten and osmo-alloys stopped coming?. From Wordnik.com. [Oberheim (Voices)] Reference
Because I was human, and didn't have tungsten nerves, whatever anyone thought. From Wordnik.com. [Come To Grief]
Namibia also produces large quantities of lead, zinc, tin, silver, and tungsten. From Wordnik.com. [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference
People were carrying tungsten rods up the tunnel and others were passing us down it. From Wordnik.com. [Smokescreen]
He cleared his throat suggestively and Maria looked back towards the bright tungsten light. From Wordnik.com. [Crusader Gold]
His nickname's tungsten carbide - that's the hardest of all metals and it saws through steel. From Wordnik.com. [Come To Grief]
The alloy requires to be remelted several times, and a good deal of tungsten is lost by oxidation. From Wordnik.com. [On Laboratory Arts] Reference
Natural resources: gold, cassiterite (tin ore), wolframite (tungsten ore), natural gas, hydropower. From Wordnik.com. [The 1995 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Copper, coal, molybdenum, tin, tungsten and gold account for a large part of industrial production. From Wordnik.com. [The 2007 CIA World Factbook] Reference
At GE, William David Coolidge first improved the light bulb by replacing carbon with a tungsten filament. From Wordnik.com. [Body Imaging] Reference
I lie down in amethyst all my dreams show black silhouettes of ballerinas in tungsten and shade hawks retracing their steps. From Wordnik.com. [Andalusia] Reference
At first, he wanted me to use more small steady tungsten lights, although by the end he saw the advantage of a fast strobe light source. From Wordnik.com. [The Big Shoot] Reference
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