The metal tungsten, whose name is derived from Swedish – tung(heavy) and sten (stone) is mainly used in the form of cemented tungsten carbides. Cemented carbides or hard metals as they are often dubbed are a class of materials made by ‘cementing’ grains of tungsten carbi...
More molybdenum is consumed annually than any other refractory metal. Molybdenum ingots, produced by melting of P/M electrodes, are extruded, rolled into sheet and rod, and subsequently drawn to other mill product shapes, such as wire and tubing. These materials can then...