Tungsten wire, filament
Equivalent
| Grade | analogue | W. Nr. | Aisi Uns | En | Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VA | EHF | WP | EWP | Buy from stock, view availability | |
| VL | EVL | WL-10 | EWLa1 | Buy from stock, view availability | |
| BT-10 | WThO1 | Buy from stock, view availability | |||
| VT-15 | Buy from stock, view availability |
Advantages
Tungsten wire, filament are manufactured out of refractory metal. Its melting point is +3422°C. High heat resistance, strength, corrosion resistance to aggressive gaseous environments allow using tungsten for extra reliable products. Tungsten wire, filament have perfect mechanical properties: wearing resistance, minimal thermal coefficient of expansion, hardness at intense heating, high module of elasticity and tensile, very high creep resistance, high electrical resistivity, high heat conductivity. Unique reliability of tungsten wire at the most extreme working conditions has made it an indispensable in modern industries.
Physical properties
| Description | Identification |
| Temperature at which are obtained actual characteristics °С | 20°С |
| Coefficient of linear thermal expansion α [1/degree] | 43x10-6 |
| Density [g/cm3] | 19.3 |
| Ultimate tensile strength kg/mm2 | 35 |
| Specific heat at 20 °C [J/(kg/deg)] | 0.134 |
| Heat conductivity K [V/m*K] | 300.173 |
| Specific electric resistance R Оhm-mm2/m | 0.054 |
Demerits
Manufacture has its ramifications. Tungsten is very rare element of lithosphere. It is very hard and insufficiently malleable in standard conditions. Difficulty of its obtaining in pure state and heavy treatment increase cost of final product. Such wire is very heavy.
Manufacture
Tungsten wire is manufactured out of powdered billets that are made in rolling forging rotary machine. There are obtained bars that can be drawn into tungsten wire of diameter 1−3 mm. Wire of smaller diameter is called filament. It can be made with additives of chrome, cobalt, carbon. At that, its strength increases 1.3 times as much. Drawn tungsten wire of WA, WP, WRN gost grades is also manufactured by powder metallurgy method. One kilogram of tungsten can be rolled into filament with length of 3.5 km. It is enough to make 20 000 of bulbs with 60V voltage. It gives a possibility to satisfy a need of electrical engineering all around the world by only two railway carriages of tungsten.
Application
Grade WM is used in X-ray equipment, radioelectronics, for manufacture of heating devices and cathodes of electrical tools that are indented to operate in vibration and impact conditions at a temperature of 2100 °C. Grade WRN is utilized for manufacture of springs, hooks, cathodes of gas-discharge and electronic tools, incoming units, mandrels and other details that do not require tungsten with special additives.
High resistance and unique luminous efficiency allow using thin tungsten filament in glowing lamps. Tungsten wire is used for luminous tools. It is manufactured according to GOST 19 671−91 out of grades WA, WP, WRN, ∅ is 19.5 µm -1.5 mm. There are also manufactured springs of electronic tools, spiral-shaped and non-spiral (looping) cathodes for electrical devices, lattices, heaters. Different filters, lattices made of tungsten wire are used in chemical industry. Such wire is applied for manufacture of surgical tools, rocket parts, airplanes, textile equipment.
Tungsten wire (GOST 18 903−73)
| Grade of tungsten wire | Surface condition | Group | Ø, µm | Application |
| Purified | Black | A | 10 — 1500 | Spiral-shaped heaters and cathodes for electronic tools and springs for solid-state devices. Spiral of lamps |
| WA | Black with high workability | AD | 50 — 1500 | Cathodes and heaters, cathodes in spiral constructions with core factor of 1−2.2 |
| WA | Black with high heat resistance | AE | 500 — 1200 | Spiral-shaped heaters and cathodes with working temperature or processing thermal temperature of more than 2000 °C. |
| WA | Black | AP | 10 — 200 | Non-spiral-shaped cathodes, lattices, springs, hooking heater of electronic tools. |
| WA | Purified | B | 11 — 500 | Hooks, bearings, spirals of glow-lamps, springs, spiral-shaped cathodes and heaters of gas-discharge and electronic devices. |
| Purified and annealed | G | 11 — 500 | Lattices, looping heaters, non-spiral cathodes. Spirals for some special glow-lamps | |
| WA | Etched | T | 5 — 12 | Non-spiral and spiral-shaped cathodes, cathode heaters. Lattices of electronic tools |
| Etched and annealed | TO | 5 — 12 | Non-spiral and spiral-shaped cathodes, cathode heaters. Lattices of electronic tools | |
| WM | Black | 11 — 1500 | Tool parts, spirals of special glow lamps that operate at a temperature of not more than 2100 °C at high mechanical loads (vibrations, impacts). | |
| WRN | Black | 800 — 1500 | Incoming units, mandrels and other details that do not require alloyed tungsten. | |
| WThO0.7 | Black | A | 20 — 1500 | Cathodes, loops, springs of some gas-discharge and electronic devices. |
| WThO1 | Black | 25 — 1500 | Cathodes of gas-discharge and electronic devices. | |
| WT-15 | Black | 150 — 1500 | Cathodes of gas-discharge and electronic devices. |
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