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11-28-2011, 11:45 AM #1Senior Member
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Not knowing what the OP actually has,pure tungston (the metal) is extreamly maliable (SP)?
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11-28-2011, 04:31 PM #2
Pure Tungsten is probably also fairly expensive.
I agree it can't be Tungsten carbide. You'd be tapping for eternity before it peens
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11-28-2011, 04:45 PM #3Senior Member
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i have in my collection a tungsten 30 mm cannon projectile. i can slam it into rock with every thing i have and still scrach glass with the point .peen it? no way
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11-28-2011, 09:00 PM #4Senior Member
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Unless you're using pure Tungsten, it's going to be granular. The molecular structure is crystal-like. It may be strong material, but it is very brittle. It is much like Titanium. They are both strong materials, but put them under a lathe or a milling machine and they get very gritty and want to shatter.
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11-29-2011, 04:42 PM #5
Pure tungsten has few applications and is not generally available. It's usually alloyed. If it's carbide you can't peen it because it would break like a piece of cheap plastic-I know.
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