Tungsten fills niche in new innovations
Unique properties place hard metal at fore of global research Metal Tech News – December 23, 2020
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Nearly 60% of the tungsten consumed in the U.S. during 2019 was used to make cemented tungsten carbide. Drill bits used by the mining industry, such as the Atlas Copco bit on the left, is one of the many industrial uses of tungsten carbide.
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