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Tungsten - Lewis Dot Diagram

General Information

Symbol:W
Atomic Number:74
Atomic Weight: (Atomic Mass, Molar Mass)183.84
Group:6 (chromium family)
VIA (Old IUPAC), VIB (CAS)
Period:6
Block:d

Physical Properties

Density:19.3 g/cm3
Atomic Volume:9.53 cm2/mole
Atomic Radius:1.41 angstroms
Covalent Radius: pm
Radioactive:No

States

Melting Point:3410.0 °C
Boiling Point:5660.0 °C
Heat Of Fusion:35.4 kJ/mole
Heat Of Vaporization:422.58 kJ/mole

Energy

Electronegativity:2.4 (Pauling Scale)
Electron Affinity:-80 kJ/mol
1st Ionization Energy:770 kJ/mol
Specific Heat Capacity:0.13 J g−1 K−1
Thermal Conductivity:174.0 W·m−1·K−1

Electrons & Oxidation

Oxidation States:+6,4
Electrons Per Shell:2 8 18 32 12 2
Electron Configuration:[Xe] 4f14 5d4 6s2
1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d10 4s2 4p6 4d10 5s2 5p6 4f14 5d4 6s2
1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d10 4s2 4p6 4d10 5s2 5p6 4f14 5d4 6s2

History

Discovered In:1783
Discovered By:Fausto and Juan Jose de Elhuyar
Discovered At:Spain
Word Origin:From the Swedish words "tung sten" meaning "heavy stone" (the origin of the symbol W is "wolfram ", named after the tungsten mineral wolframite)

Translations

EnglishTungsten
DeutschWolfram
LëtzebuergeschWolfram
NederlandsWolfraam
AfrikaansWolfraam
FryskWolfraam
DanskWolfram
SvenskaVolfram
NorskWolfram
ÍslenskaÞungsteinn or Volfram
FøroyskWolfram
LatinWolframium
FrançaisTungstène
EspañolWolframio or Tungsteno
CatalanaTungstè
OccitanaTungstèn
PortuguêsTungsténio
GalegoVolframio
ItalianoTungsteno
FurlanTungsten, Volframi
RomânWolfram (ro²: Tungsten)
MoldavianWolfram (ro²: Tungsten)
ArmãneashteWolframu
РусскийВольфрам
УкраїнскаВольфрам
byВальфрам
PolskaWolfram
KaszëbscziWòlfram
ČechWolfram (Težík †)
SlovenskýWolfram
SlovenščinaVolfram
HrvatskaVolfram
СрпскиВолфрам
BosnianVolfram
МакедонскиВолфрам
БългарскиВолфрам
LietuviškaiVolframas
LaoVolframs
SudovianVālframas
CymraegTwngsten
Gaeilge na hÉireannTungstan
Gàidhlig na hTungstan
Gaelg VanninaghTungsten
CornishTungsten
BrezhonegTungsten
ΕλληνικήΒολjραμιο
ShqipVolfram
OssetianВольфрам
EuskeraWolframioa
Georgianვოლფრამი
SuomiVolframi
EestiVolfram
MagyarVolfrám
TürkçeVolfram
KazakhВольфрам
UzbekВольфрам
TajikVol'fram
MongolianВольфрам, Гянт, Хөглөгч
日本語タングステン [tangusuten]
中国话
ไทยทังสเตน (วุลแฟรม)
VietnameseVonfam
Bahasa MelayuWolfram
العربيهتنجستين
Il-MaltiTangstinn
עבריתטונגסטן
EsperantoVolframo

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