The journey of tungsten carbide began with the discovery of tungsten by Carl Wilhelm Scheele in 1781. However, it took 150 years before tungsten carbide found its place in industry. The production of ...

much of which was directed to the manufacture of tungsten carbide tooling. Tungsten has the highest melting point known, 3,422 °C, and is an extremely dense, hard, and tough metal. Its properties ...

We have just completed an etching study of iron carbides made in three different ways and of some tungsten carbide (1/32-in. equilateral triangles) single crystals. The iron carbide studies ...