Sunday, July 5, 2026

W is for Wolframio

 W is an uncommonly used letter in Spanish. Luckily, wolframio (tungsten in English), was discovered by Spanish brothers José and Fausto Elhuyar in 1783, and celebrated on this stamp. Tungsten (from Swedish meaning hard stone) is an exceptionally hard metal, with the highest known boiling point of the known metallic elements at 3,422°C (6,192°F).

Thanks again to Eva for sending this one.

For more W stamps, explore the links at See it on a Postcard

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4 comments:

  1. violet sJuly 5, 2026 at 4:38 PM

    So reading up on 'wolfram' explains why tungsten is W on the periodic table!

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  2. marinaJuly 5, 2026 at 5:27 PM

    This was very interesting! And I like the idea of stamps about elements of the periodic table. Thanks.

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  3. LisaJuly 5, 2026 at 7:16 PM

    I would never have guessed wolframio meant tungsten! I knew nothing about tungsten before today, I never took chemistry.

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  4. Mail AdventuresJuly 6, 2026 at 2:18 AM

    I also thought of this one for "W" :)

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