Tungsten carbide
CW195.85 g/mol Calculated
The alloy of drill bits, milling cutters and scratch-proof watch cases. It is nearly as hard as diamond and three times as stiff as steel.
Sources and notes
- The introductionfrom sourceMoleculeFinder curated
- Formula and weightcomputedPubChem
- 2D drawingcomputedPubChem structure, drawn by RDKit
Where you encounter it
A pure element or an engineered material, rather than an ingredient in a product.
Sources and notes
- The line abovefrom sourceMoleculeFinder curatedFrom the group the molecule belongs to.
Properties and sources
Calculated by PubChem
- Molecular formula
- CW
- Molecular weight
- 195.85 g/mol
- Polar surface areatopological
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Rotatable bonds
- 0
- Complexity
- 10
Groups it belongs to
- Category
- Element & material
- Family
- Hard mineral solids
SMILES
[C-]#[W+]PubChem CID 2724274 · Wikidata Q423265 · InChIKey UONOETXJSWQNOL-UHFFFAOYSA-N · Data refreshed
Questions
- What is Tungsten carbide?
- The alloy of drill bits, milling cutters and scratch-proof watch cases. It is nearly as hard as diamond and three times as stiff as steel.
Sources and notes
- Calculated valuescomputedPubChemComputed from the structure, so no laboratory conditions apply; complexity is PubChem's own structural score.
- Data refreshedfrom sourceMoleculeFinder2026-11-09