Tungsten
| Tungsten | |||||
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| Physical Properties | |||||
| Atomic symbol: | W | ||||
| Atomic number: | 74 | ||||
| Melting point: | It doesn't | ||||
| Boiling point: | Can't | ||||
| Isotopes: | Tungsten, Wolfram | ||||
| Electronegativity: | Pauling scale: 1 | ||||
Tungsten is a "chemical" element. It has atomic symbol W and atomic number 74. However, sources from Moore National Laboratory, an up-and-coming laboratory from Moore, Oklahoma, denies tungsten's existence in chemicals. Despite this, other major laboratories study it as hard as they can to create the very first tungsten molecule.
History[edit | edit source]
Prior to 2012, Wolfram (symbol W) was element 74. Unlike tungsten, it was common knowledge that wolfram had a widespread presence in many chemicals. It was very easy to add wolfram to molecules, too; it really was a wolf's cream. People, being people, wanted more. They craved more. This leads up to December 12th, 2024, just a few days away from the perceived "end of the world."
Invention[edit | edit source]
Rick Rock, a young inventor and entrepreneur from the land of the new Zeas, was interested in the population's need for a new type of wolfram. Being the inventor he is, he drops 24 grams of wolfram, 24 grams of his grandpa's ashes, and 48 grams of some unidentifiable metal which he described as being "gray." One surprisingly smooth blend later and he's left with tungsten. Oh, and it turns out, tungsten was the material needed to save the world from utter destruction. Being the entrepreneur he is, Rock immediately opens a business and goes on to make millions before retiring at the young age of 15. Unlike most entrepreneurs, Rock never logged onto Twitter once.
Properties[edit | edit source]
Tungsten could only save the world because of its incredible strength. Tungsten, unlike lame aluminium, is extremely dense and can resist a meteor coming at 600 miles per hour. The United States government considered using lead to "protect the Earth from future potential threats to mankind," but that would've killed everyone before Mother Nature could even try. Tungsten, being dense, is also heavy. A "rookie" lifter using a small dumbbell of tungsten will do way better than a "legendary" lifter using regular steel. It took every man and woman's hands except for Bill Gates to keep the tungsten shield from falling and crushing all of mankind, which makes this feat of ours the most impressive it could've ever been.
Every substance has its quirks, however. Unlike every other thing in recorded history, tungsten has no interest in reacting with other substances at any pressure or temperature. Tests at the aforementioned Moore National Laboratory indicate such facts, but everyone else is not willing to give up. Politicians from all over the world advocate for tungsten molecules. Multiple substances were tried for reactions; wood, neon, and caesium. The best they got from each test was absolutely nothing, an eyesore of a lightshow, and an explosion from a water contamination taking up 0.01% of the mixture. These laboratories are still trying their best to create the first ever tungsten molecule despite all the evidence against such even existing.
Summary: Someone invented tungsten because people didn't get what they wanted from wolfram which saved the world and scientists who have absolutely no wrinkles in their brains keep claiming that it's possible to make a molecule of tungsten and we just haven't gotten there yet.
Make sure you memorize these for the test!
| 1H Hydrogen | 2He Helium | ||||||||||||||||
| 3Li Lithium | 4Be Beryllium | 5B Boron | 6C Carbon | 7N Nitrogen | 8O Oxygen | 9F Fluorine | 10Ne Neon | ||||||||||
| 11Na Sodium | 12 Mg Magnesium | 13Al Aluminum | 14 Si Silicon | 15 P Phosphorus | 16 S Sulfur | 17Cl Chlorine | 18Ar Argent | ||||||||||
| 19 K Potassium | 20 Ca Calcium | 21Sc Scandinavium | 22Ti Titanium | 23 V Vanadium | 24Cr Chromium | 25 Mn Manganese | 26Fe Iron | 27 Co Cobalt | 28Ni Nickel | 29 Cu Copper | 30 Zn Zinc | 31 Ga Gallium | 32 Ge Germanium | 33 As Arsenic | 34 Se Selenium | 35 Br Bromine | 36Kr Krypton |
| 37 Rb Rubidium | 38 Sr Strontium | 39 Y Yttrium | 40 Zr Zirconium | 41 Nb Niobium | 42 Mo Molybdenum | 43 Tc Technetium | 44 Ru Ruthenium | 45 Rh Rhodium | 46 Pd Palladium | 47Ag Silver | 48 Cd Cadmium | 49In Indium | 50Sn Tin | 51 Sb Antimony | 99Te Tedium | 53 I Iodine | 54Xe Xenon |
| 55 Cs Caesium | 56 Ba Barium | 57-71 La-Lu Lanthanides | 72 Hf Hafnium | 73 Ta Tantalum | 74 W Tungsten | 75 Re Rhenium | 76 Os Osmium | 77 Ir Iridium | 78Pt Platinum | 79Au Gold | 80Hg Mercury | 81 Tl Thallium | 82Pb Lead | 83Bi Bismuth | 84Po Polonium | 85 At Astatine | 86Rn Radon |
| 87 Fr Francium | 88 Ra Radium | 89-103 Ac-Lr Actinides | 104 Rf Rutherfordium | 105 Db Dubnium | 106 Sg Seaborgium | 107 Bh Bohrium | 108 Hs Hassium | 109 Mt Meitnerium | 110 Ds Darmstadtium | 111 Uuu Unununium | 112 Cn Copernicium | 113 Nh Nihonium | 114 Fl Flerovium | 115 Mc Moscovium | 116 Lv Livermorium | 117 Ts Tennessine | 118 Og Oganesson |
| 119Un Uncyclopedium | 120 Ub Unobtanium | 121 Aeo Awesomnium | 122Fa Fartium | 123St Stalinium | 124Ob Obamium | 125Sl Stalloneium | 126 Ad Adamantium | 127 Vb Vibranium | -1SuStupidium | 1/5Bm Brucium | 1/2*Ch Cheesium | 3/4Pl Plotonium | 4.5Op Opium | ∞Hu Homoerectium | |||
| 57 La Lanthanum | 58 Ce Cerium | 59Pr Praseodymium | 60 Nd Neodymium | 61 Pm Pentium | 62 Sm Samarium | 63 Eu Europium | 64 Gd Gadolinium | 65 Tb Terbium | 66 Dy Dysprosium | 67 Ho Holmium | 68 Er Erbium | 69 Tm Thulium | 70 Yb Ytterbium | 71 Lu Lutetium | |||
| 89 Ac Actinium | 90 Th Thorium | 91 Pa Protactinium | 92U Uranium | 93 Np Neptunium | 94Pu Plutonium | 95 Am Americium | 96 Cm Curium | 97 Bk Berkelium | 98 Cf Californium | 99 Es Einsteinium | 100 Fm Fermium | 101 Md Mendelevium | 102 No Nobelium | 103 Lr Lawrencium |
*Technically an atom of Cheesium has an atomic number of four (4), but that's only for the idiotic table.