Highest boiling point of any metal

According to the International Tungsten Industry Association (ITIA), tungsten has a boiling point of 5,700°C (10,292°F; 5,973°K), with a 200°C range either way. Tungsten's extraordinary resistance to high temperatures (along with its high density and hardness) makes it a useful metal for demanding industrial applications such as drill-bits, arc-welding electrodes and furnaces; generally it is used in form of alloys, i.e., mixed with other elements. It also has many military applications, primarily in making armour-piercing bullets and shells. It was once commonly used to make incandescent lightbulbs, but tungsten-filament designs are now being phased out in favour of more energy-efficient LED and fluorescent designs.

Tungsten’s element symbol (W) is a reference to its name in several languages – wolfram.