74 W
Transition metal
Tungsten
Highest melting point of any metal.
Properties of Tungsten
- Atomic number (Z)
- 74
- Symbol
- W
- Atomic mass
- 183.84 g/mol
- Category
- Transition metal
- Group
- 6
- Period
- 6
- Electron configuration
- [Xe] 4f¹⁴ 5d⁴ 6s²
- Electronegativity (Pauling)
- 2.36
- Atomic radius
- 193 pm
- First ionization energy
- 770 kJ/mol
- Melting point
- 3695 K (3421.8 °C)
- Boiling point
- 5828 K (5554.9 °C)
- Density
- 19.25 g/cm³
- Phase at 25 °C
- Solid
- Discovered
- Discovered in 1783