All chemical elements

Symbol

W

Atomic number

74

Chemical property

Transition metal

Origin o the name

the Swedish tung sten, 'heavy stone' (W is wolfram, the old name of the tungsten mineral wolframite)

Group

6

Period

6

Atomic weight (u)

183.84

Atomic weight uncertainty (u)

0.01

Density (g/cm³)

19.25

Melting point (K)

3695

Boiling point (K)

5828

Heat capacity (J/(g·K))

0.132

Electro-negativity

2.36

Abundance in earth's crust (mg/kg)

1.3