2026-06-02 06:33 UTC
@stevewetherill@oldbytes.space Tungsten is incredibly dense and incredibly hard which makes it very useful for machine tools, radiation shielding, and ammunition though depleted uranium has mostly replaced tungsten for ammunition use.
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@stevewetherill@oldbytes.space 2026-06-02 13:42
@arclight@oldbytes.space we tend to know it primarily as light bulb filament (when light bulbs used to have filaments) but knowing that it is so hard makes sense. Wartime use of rare metals tends to spike mining activity. Nearby (to me) New Idria Mercury mine production spiked in WWII, Mercury is used in detonators.