TUNGSTEN STEEL Definition & Meaning

tungsten steel

noun

an alloy steel containing tungsten.

tungsten steel

noun

any of various hard steels containing tungsten (1–20 per cent) and traces of carbon. They are resistant to wear at high temperatures and are used in tools

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Origin of tungsten steel¹

First recorded in 1860–65

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The device has tungsten steel spikes to puncture the tyres of a vehicle before the net becomes tangled around the front wheels, bringing it to a halt.

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To cap it all, he would sink putts all day, usually by running the ball with conviction in the direction of the hole, and his nerve was made of tungsten steel.

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Fire-sharpened metal chisels make way for tungsten steel and nylon mallets are used instead of wooden ones.

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Valves are tungsten steel, 115⁄16′′ inlets and 2′′ exhausts, two of each to each cylinder.

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Thus we have nickel, chromium, and tungsten steel.

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