Tungsten and its mixtures are used in many high-temperature applications, like arc-welding electrodes and heating elements in high-temperature furnaces. Tungsten carbide is very hard and is very important to the jobs that use metals, like mining and petroleum industries. It is made by mixing tungsten powder and carbon powder and heating to 2200°C. It makes great cutting and drilling tools, even dentists use this metal for when they need to drill into your teeth. Calcium and magnesium tungstates are widely used in fluorescent