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Tungsten itself is an element.It has the highest boiling point.

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Q: Why tungsten is not made up of carbon whereas it also has high melting point?
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Why is tungsten better than carbon for filiments?

The reason why Tungsten is better than Carbon for filaments is because, Tungsten has a higher melting point. The melting point of Tungsten is 3695 degrees, as where Carbon has a melting point of only 3550 degrees. answered by Brittany :) grade 8 student


What property does tungsten have that make it suitable for making filament?

the reason that tungsten is better then carbon for light filaments is because the melting point is higher,. the melting point of carbon is only 3550, as where tungstens melting point is 3695


What is second highest element for melting point?

After Carbon (in form of diamond), the element Tungsten (W) has the second highest melting point of 3695 K, 3422 °C, 6192 °F


Element with the highest melting point of any pure element?

Carbon has the highest melting point of any element on the Periodic Table. It's melting point is 3823K


What is tunstens atomic number?

Tungsten atomic number is 74. Chemical symbol is is W. It has the highest Melting Point.


Is there any metal that can sustain the temperature more than 4000 deg Celsius?

According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_elements_by_melting_point, apparently not: The highest melting point is carbon (graphite) at 3675 degrees celsius; the highst melting point for a metal is 3422 degrees celsius for tungsten (wolfram).According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_elements_by_melting_point, apparently not: The highest melting point is carbon (graphite) at 3675 degrees celsius; the highst melting point for a metal is 3422 degrees celsius for tungsten (wolfram).According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_elements_by_melting_point, apparently not: The highest melting point is carbon (graphite) at 3675 degrees celsius; the highst melting point for a metal is 3422 degrees celsius for tungsten (wolfram).According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_elements_by_melting_point, apparently not: The highest melting point is carbon (graphite) at 3675 degrees celsius; the highst melting point for a metal is 3422 degrees celsius for tungsten (wolfram).


What chemical compounds which has the highest melting point?

The natural element with the highest melting point is good old Carbon! Its melting point is 3527 degrees, C. The element with the second highest melting point is Tungsten at 3422 degrees, C.


What element has the highest melting point of its group?

it would be most probably the one element closet to the middle


Which metal have highest which has the lowest melting point?

Tungsten is the metal with the highest melting point at 3695 K, 3422 °C, 6192 °F and Mercury has the lowest metal melting point with 234.32 K, -38.83 °C, -37.89 °F.


Carbon melting point?

Carbon does not have a melting point due to its triple point. The symbol for carbon is C and it has an atomic number of 6.


What metal has the highest melting temp?

Tungsten has the highest melting point of all metals


Lowest melting point?

W on the periodic table. the element with the highest melting/boiling point is tungsten.