Tungsten or wolfram?

I didn't copy and paste it. I already knew it, because I studied chemistry at college.

My course was "History of chemistry and the origins of chemical and metallic nouns."

Anyway, I thought my post was good and taught some people something.

=>"History of chemistry and the origins of chemical and metallic nouns."<=

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!!

Do you honestly expect me to believe this ,this bullshit?!

=>Anyway, I thought my post was good and taught some people something<=

No,It did'nt

1 It's not the topic.
2Everything has been said before.

And I think is great that you admit you copy and pasted the article.You're still the biggest loser I know though.

Well Adam you might need to realise the material you have copied and paste is illegal considering you did not ask for their permission..

look here below.......
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I think nexttime you should put it into your own words or place a reference stating the source which you find this information from...

I do not want to provoke anything with you Adam but giving kind advice...

Thankyou
Hans

I bett you never even heard Dutch or German in your life.

Hans you should visite this forum as well! Much more active and divers!

http://14.freebb.com/?freebb=antimoonbis

Or google for Antimoonbis

Tungsten was originally called wolfram. It can also be said in other languages though!

"History of chemistry and the origins of chemical and metallic nouns."
Didn't anyone tell you that it wasn't a real course.I suppose they were too busy laughing for the four years you were on it.

I'm a welder and I've always called it Tungsten.

Machinists use 'tungsten-carbide' tool bits as well. I've never heard it called wolfram.

Tungsten is the standard term today. Wolfram may still be understood, but it's like saying oil of vitriol instead of sulfuric acid, or quicksilver instead of mercury.

Chemical nomenclature is set by I.U.P.A.C., the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. Thus tungsten (at least in English) rather than wolfram, oxygen instead of "dephlogistated air" and carbon dioxide instead of "fixed air". The abbreviations used for the names of elements in the periodic table are derived from various languages I suppose, some of the elements have much the same name in other languages. Zn for zinc but Fe for iron. There is a very long set of complex rules governing the standard names of organic chemicals, the common name of one simple organic solvent is "acetone" but the IUPAC name is "propan-2-one". This leads to organic chemical names being the longest "words" in any language.

<<Tungsten is the standard term today>>

No it is not, I.U.P.A.C is the only exception. Check it out and you will find out why they are!


We call it Volfram because the core element was first isolated out of the mineral Volframit (mixture of mangan and Volframtetraoxid). As such the name (Volfram) is a good name on the core element. Furthermore, the name is directly linked to the discovery of the element and as such it does not refer to a latin root!

I think that a really good name like "wolfram" is never going to die. The only problem is that it can't be patented because it has an established use.

What a neat story?

Devours metal like a wolf? Cool or what !!!!

Someone only has to call a new light bulb 'Wolfram' and it will sell like hot cakes.

I thought I had heard the name Wolfram before.

However it wasn't Wolfram, it was Wolfrace

Wolfrace Alloy Wheels

I wonder if they contain any tungsten?

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