The History and Development of Tungsten

Nowadays, tungsten is becoming prevlent and fashionable, thus you must be curious about tungsten’s history and development. Tungsten has a long history and rapid development, I will give a detailed description as following.
In early time, tungsten (Swedish and Danish tungsten meaning "heavy stone", even if the current name for the element in Swedish is Wolfram) was first suggested to exist by Peter Woulfe in 1779 who examined wolframite and concluded that it must contain a new substance. In 1781 Carl Wilhelm Scheele ascertained that a new acid could be made from tungstenite. Scheele and Torbern Bergman suggested that it could be possible to obtain a new metal by reducing tungstic acid. In 1783 JosŽ and Fausto Elhuyar found an acid in wolframite that was identical to tungstic acid. In Spain later that year the brothers succeeded in isolating tungsten through reduction of this acid with charcoal. They are credited with the discovery of the element.
Tungsten is an element #74, like gold, silver and platinum, It is naturally occurring and is one of the main elements which are responsible for the development of human civilization. Without tungsten, we would not have the incandescent light bulb as the filament inside the bulb is tungsten and has the toughness and resilience exceeding any other metal. In 1922 the Germans developed Tungsten Carbide as the material used in making better cutting tool bits for precision milling and cutting of steel. In World War II, tungsten played an enormous role in background political dealings. Portugal, as the main European source of the element, was put under pressure from both sides, because of its sources of wolframite ore. The resistance to high temperatures, as well as the extreme strength of its alloys, made the metal into a very important raw material for the weaponry industry.
Now tungsten jewelry is in widespread use in the worldwide machinery of modern industry and is a darling super alloy that has made aerospace advances possible. And also it is still the one little item that makes a light bulb work.
From then to now, tungsten deep into people's lives and everywhere in the world. To a certain extent, we can not live without tungsten. According to the description, you may have a better understanding about the tungsten’s history and tungsten’s development.