Which element has the highest melting point (at atmospheric pressure)

I think it's tungsten (which is why it's used in light bulb filaments).... but high school chemistry was a long time ago, and I could be wrong.

Carbon?

Tungsten is my favorite element...

You might be right... I think tungsten is the metal with the highest melting point, but carbon or another nonmetal might be higher.


EDIT:
I cheated by going to webelements.com... it looks like carbon wins by 105 K.

Bourgeois_Rage Wrote:Carbon?

Tungsten is my favorite element...

It is indeed C which surprised me a little bit.

Tungsten is one of my favorite elements too. I debated about giving my son the middle name of Tungsten, because then the question would be, "Is is middle initial 'T' or 'W'?"!

DrTorch Wrote:

Bourgeois_Rage Wrote:Carbon?

Tungsten is my favorite element...

It is indeed C which surprised me a little bit.

Tungsten is one of my favorite elements too. I debated about giving my son the middle name of Tungsten, because then the question would be, "Is is middle initial 'T' or 'W'?"!

That's awesome! I'll have to remember that one, I'm sure my fiance wouldn't be too keen on that however.

I you think about the way carbon work whenever you burn something there always seems to be some carbon left lying around. A remember how much pressure and temperature it has to go thru to become a diamond.

I hear if you take a lump of coal and stick it up Cameron's *** you will have a diamond in 2 weeks :D

mlbUC Wrote:I hear if you take a lump of coal and stick it up Cameron's *** you will have a diamond in 2 weeks :D

"I hear if you take a lump of coal and stick it up Cameron's hand you will have a diamond in 2 weeks."

Sorry, I was watching the TV version... you know, the one where Cameron drives a piece of tin! :laugh:

I dont even have a peice of tin, so I hafta envy YOUR peice of tin!

"You make me make a phony phone call to Edward Rooney?!" :roflol: I still can't believe Cameron turned into Stuart on Spin City...

Boy, we've really veered off track from the original topic, haven't we? :D

Yes, it makes me feel proud that I was able to drag this intellectual thread down into the gutters of pop entertainment :laugh:

Cameron did up his game and rock his dad's Ferari!!! LOL

Just put it reverse and the miles will come off.

just dont kick it when its on jacks