Tungsten wire for textiles weaving gloves and stainless steel wire each have unique properties and are suitable for different application scenarios. Here is a comparison of their main properties:
- Strength and hardness
Tungsten wire: Tungsten wire has extremely high tensile strength and hardness, which is much stronger than stainless steel wire, so it performs better in applications that require high strength and wear resistance.
Stainless steel wire: Stainless steel wire also has high strength and hardness, but usually lower than tungsten wire. They have better flexibility while providing sufficient mechanical strength.
- High temperature resistance
Tungsten wire: Tungsten has a very high melting point of about 3422°C, the highest of all metals. Therefore, tungsten wire can maintain its strength and performance in extremely high temperature environments and is suitable for applications that require high temperature resistance, such as high temperature furnaces or heating elements.
Stainless steel wire: Stainless steel wire has better high temperature resistance, with a melting point of about 1400°C-1530°C, but compared with tungsten wire, its high temperature stability is poor and is not suitable for extreme high temperature environments.
- Flexibility and ductility
Tungsten wire: Tungsten wire is hard and brittle, lacks flexibility, and is easy to break or bend during processing and is difficult to recover. This makes it less convenient than stainless steel wire in applications that require bending, weaving or complex shapes.
Stainless steel wire: Stainless steel wire has better flexibility and ductility, is easy to process and weave, is suitable for complex shape designs, and can withstand certain bending and deformation.
- Corrosion resistance
Tungsten wire: Tungsten wire is easily oxidized at high temperatures, especially in the air, tungsten will form tungsten oxide and cause its performance to deteriorate. Therefore, tungsten wire requires special protection treatment in certain environments.
Stainless steel wire: Stainless steel wire has excellent corrosion resistance, especially in environments with high humidity or chemicals, and shows good corrosion resistance, so it is more common in applications with high anti-rust and anti-corrosion requirements.
- Conductivity
Tungsten wire: Tungsten has high conductivity, although not as good as metals such as copper, but tungsten wire is a good choice in applications where both conductivity and high temperature performance need to be considered, such as the filament of a light bulb.
Stainless steel wire: Stainless steel has poor conductivity and is not usually used in applications that require high conductivity.
- Weight
Tungsten wire: Tungsten has a high density of about 19.25 g/cm³, making it a very heavy metal. Therefore, products made from tungsten wire tend to be heavier, which can be a limitation in some applications.
Stainless steel wire: Stainless steel has a density of about 7.9 g/cm³, which is much lighter than tungsten, so products made from stainless steel wire are lighter and more suitable for applications that need to reduce weight.
- Cost
Tungsten wire: Due to the difficulty in mining and processing tungsten, tungsten wire has a high cost and is usually used in high-end applications that require its properties and cannot be replaced by other materials.
Stainless steel wire: Stainless steel wire has a relatively low cost and is suitable for large-scale production and wide application.
Summary
Tungsten wire: It is suitable for special applications that require extremely high strength, high temperature resistance, conductivity and radiation resistance, such as filaments, high-temperature furnace components, electronic components, etc. However, it is difficult to process, has poor flexibility, and is expensive.
Stainless steel wire: Suitable for applications that require good strength, corrosion resistance, flexibility and relatively low cost, such as common industrial weaving, protective mesh, medical equipment, and household products.
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