Habit, I guess.
Not in all countries. English is not my first language.
Same here, yeah, so I get it. That's just my habit of correcting.
German?
Huh, no, Russian. But I'm kinda flattered by your guess.
Only in modern English iirc. Wolfram is still the name elsewhere.
Very true. Sodium and potassium is also natrium and kalium here. We stick to the OG Greek a bit more than English
It is rarely referred to as tungsten here in the USA, but if you’re talking to anyone with a chemical or metallurgical background they’ll know what you mean. In most other contexts, it just doesn’t matter because they probably don’t really know what tungsten is either
Wow, that's news for me - I was under the impression that the correct English term is tungsten, even though in Russian and dune other languages it is actually called wolfram. Thanks!
Tungsten is definitely the common one here (and I believe in French as well) but many of the people who are going to know stuff about tungsten will probably recognize wolfram as well.
I'm in the US and I've never seen "Wolfram carbide" before. "Tungsten carbide" is common for tools and such.
Wolfram sounds cooler! It is also the original name and most common name in other languages!
Its the same
I had no idea Wolfram was the German word for tungsten. Nice hammer and I'm glad to learn a new thing.
It’s of German origin, but not just used in German. Wolfram was very popular in English for a while, and was only officially dropped in 2005. It’s even got the chemical symbol W, and wolframite is the most common tungsten ore
Hope its not too off topic. Thought you guys would appreciate this straightening hammer i made from an old ball peen hammer. Re-handled with red ironwood. 9mm wolfram carbide ball bearing.
I absolutely love this way of straightening knives
Tungsten, my man. It is called tungsten.