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Tungsten is a steel-gray metal. It is used in incandescent light bulb filaments, X-ray tubes and super-alloys. It has the highest melting point of all the non-alloyed metals and the second highest of all the elements after carbon. Because it retains its strength even at high temperatures and has a high melting point it is used in in many high-temperature applications such as electric filament lamps.
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