The research team led by Professor Sun Jian and professor Wang Huitian of Nanjing University has developed machine-learning to accelerate crystal structure search and predicted a superhard tungsten nitride which is the hardest transition metal nitride so far. Related papers and cover articles were published in Science Bulletin, No. 13 of 2018.

According to some reports, Delft University of Technology has invented a new type of hydrogen sensor which is made of tungsten trioxide film and combined with the high resistance and the ability to use platinum catalyst to sense the hydrogen. It can sense a hydrogen concentration of 1 pppm at near room temperature.

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Chinese environmental inspection boosts market confidence and tungsten concentrate sellers have strong rised mentality. But manufacturing enterprises remain low buying interests, resulting inadequate trading volume. 

Rare earth market quotation in China: domestic rare earth price is unchanged from previous trading day owing to continuous weak demand and unclear guidance from the policy side. Downstream factories are not interested in purchasing materials and thus deals are hardly done. Traders have enough confidence in keeping firm offers at present. Rare earth price in Chinese market will maintain weak adjustment recently. 

Prices of sodium molybdate, molybdenum concentrate and molybdenum powder are stable on Wednesday August 22 in Chinese market. The new environmental inspection tightens the supply of raw materials. Enquiry increases from customers, but actual transactions are difficult to meet market participants. 

According to some foreign reports, form carving on the rock to storing data in the magnetic medium, humans have been using different means to preserve information. Although the amount of data stored by humans has grown tremendously over the past few decades, it has been difficult to keep data for a long period of time.

The dream window of Boeing 787 owns the ability to dim or brighten without the window shades. The effect is very similar to the tungsten oxide electrochromic thin film.

Both electric vehicle and smart mobile phone contain tungsten, such as oscillator in the mobile phone. Let’s see how electric vehicle and smart mobile phone trigger a new gold rush?

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Chinese second environmental checks was launched on Monday August 20, which will conduct a comprehensive inspection on “2+26” cities, 11 cities in fen-wei plains and Yangtze River Delta region. The news makes market participants feel more confidence for market outlook.