Is Tungsten carbide BulletProof? - FN 5.7 vs steel

[@GlenD1977]

Pure tungsten is incredibly tough, it would have been a very different story if you’d got some of that. Tungsten carbide does not react well to shock forces. 20 years of cutting metal with it showed me that on many an occasion.

[@stevieray667]

Well its so high in carbon that its very brittle

[@07zx14White]

Glen Downer Yes sir this man knows. Many types machinist tooling require tiny replaceable tungsten carbide cutting faces. They are needed to efficiently cut in to hardened metals. TC is so hard that it is extremely brittle. Running and cutting smooth and proper and it'll bore its way through most anything but it crumbles under a shock load. I'm far from an expert but I've watched machinists cut the hardest of steels with a tip and watch them drop a tiny new replacement tip and shatter.

[@stevieray667]

@@07zx14White thats why on CNC equipement when error happen the carbide go boum

[@xAeschylusx]

Wrong. Tungsten is extremely hard but it's also extremely brittle. That was normal for tungsten

[@117mTn]

in my company we grind these tungsten tools

[@jazzukes]

tungsten carbide is a brittle material. It is a cermet “ceramic and metal”. It is very hard but will fail in brittle nature, that is why it fractured. Steel is ductile and will deform. In armor tungsten carbide will defeat a round, but you need to have the proper backing and strike face.

[@nosirrahx]

Yep, the composite nature of 'shatter bullet' followed by 'dissipate energy' armor works really well.

[@hilljack7159]

@Travis Thacker They use a aluminium weave in it to make it more durable .... look up the G2 knife , same principal.

[@jxj2494]

tungsten carbide isn't a cermet (which is a composite material of a ceramic and metalic materials) it is a ceramic chemical compound of tungsten and carbon. tungsten carbide can be the ceramic part in a cermet with some metal.

[@benbraceletspurple9108]

This is alleviated by lead plates in front and behind it. Depleted uranium is both harder than tungsten carbide (76 vs 80) and tougher, not as tough as steel but very close. 1 inch of DU is equal to 15 inches of steel.

[@benbraceletspurple9108]

@@awashburn6944 that is a different scale. The difference is why it is used in tank armor plates. The former 12 inch armor plates were defined by Abrams as inferior in multiple air to ground missile testing and anti tank 20mm and 30mm DU tipped rounds.to 1 inch thick DU armor. On the Rockwell scale DU is hardened from about 60 to about 80 in C scale hardness in almost 100 % pure form. Testing concluded failure above 30mm thus the thickness is usually around 3 inches. This makes the 2007 M1A2 Abrams have the second strongest nonreactive armor in the world, only second to the single-shot resistant of the British tank with still classified layered metallic and ceramic armor. Hardness and toughness are not always inner related, that may be the biggest myth of all regarding materials. After all aluminum and aluminum alloys are both much less tough than steel, and much softer.

[@PressTube]

I have a tungsten ball and it was also very expensive. The tungsten broke because it’s a very hard material.

[@matrixmeme482]

Tungsten is hard but brittle

[@Pao234_]

@@matrixmeme482 Tungsten Carbide*

[@Minecraftian2345432]

Tungsten will bend. Tungsten Carbide will shatter. I'm annoyed by how often people confuse the two.

[@gazlink1]

Tungsten is a metal. It's hard and tough. Tungsten carbide is a ceramic. It's very hard, very strong, but brittle. It's like "super glass".

[@jysonpunchpower8420]

I wonder if tungsten Is stronger then any material bc he kinda got dented by a medal bullet

[@KentuckyBallistics]

That 5.7 is a hot little round 😁

[@praburayan8636]

Hi I watch your videos 👍

[@trisnawan4486]

@@praburayan8636 11q111

[@praburayan8636]

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[@Zhisaoka]

Scott!

[@LEANNYC]

I love bullets you guys might find it werd

[@arnoldcelaya6702]

I'm a machinist, tungsten carbide is real brittle. If you take that to a page that buys metals, you can still get most of your money back if you can find the pieces.

[@sovietrepublic38]

No so much I think. In my place, tungsten carbide scrap (in a real bad shape) worth around 15 to 20 bucks per kg. Still relative valuable compared to other materials though.

[@mikeisaac3826]

Arnold Celaya Yeah they should’ve got some cpm 3v treated to 61 hrc which is low for the steel. That would definitely stop a bullet .5mm or maybe .25 for a 9mm.

[@ДимаЗолотов-р1о]

@@sovietrepublic38 yes. Here in Russia it costs 1100 rubles. About 20 bucks.. per kg...

[@edi9892]

For what do you need it? Is it a drill bit or what?

[@ДимаЗолотов-р1о]

@@edi9892 hi bro..

[@DcaCo123]

Edwin, if you drop Tungsten Carbide, it will break. If you need more Tunsten Carbide, I suggest you contact either Sandvik Hard Material in Westbranch, Michigan or Ceratizit, in Mamer, Luxembourg. It is very hard material, however it is very brittle as well. Consider it the Glass of all metal. What is harder then Glass? Diamond, also very brittle, and that is why you can cut diamonds, they fracture.

[@EdwinSarkissian]

thank you . got it. good info

[@ainoskribi3642]

You're right I'm a driller I'm using sandvik equipments ! Sandvik use tungsten for manufacturing drill bits. It's only diamond which is able to sharp the drill bits buttons in tungsten. Sorry I'm a French native speaker

[@kittty2005]

How about deactivated uranium,or spent fuel rods,you may want to shoot it from behind a lead lined poured concrete wall.

[@danielmarshall4211]

You have to back tungsten. Its like lime stone. But it's so hard it will break if you throw a knife at it

[@bebeto6861]

i think there is way cutting diamonds, laser or waterjet

[@val-h7m]

-don't cut yourself when you touch that... 0.13 seconds later -ouch... I cut myself !! He he he... I love your videos 😂

[@chuchuben]

Simply loving Edwin's way to gain 400$ worth of knowledge of tungsten being extremely brittle 😝😝

[@EdwinSarkissian]

Hahahaha knowledge is not free

[@chuchuben]

But totally worth it... This shows your level of commitment and dedication in making quality contents for us...👏👏👏👍👍

[@jacobdobson5773]

Normal tungsten is not very brittle though it is one of the hardest natural metals on the planet. What made it so brittle and fracture is it is mixed with carbide and carbide is insanely hard but also insanely brittle. Normal tungsten that same thickness I'm sure would stop any pistol round and most likely some ruffle rounds

[@LosBerkos]

@@jacobdobson5773 It is not "mixed with" 'carbide'.

[@enemymantis760]

Tungsten is extremely hard but at the same time extremely brittle, that's why it keeps shattering. The steel is able to bend therefore it absorbs impact. The tungsten cannot bend because it is too hard therefore it becomes brittle and shatters when hit with something because it cannot absorb the impact and bend like the steel.

[@EdwinSarkissian]

This answer sounds good to me. 😊👍

[@rogerloess2379]

beat me to it

[@evannibbe9375]

Edwin Sarkissian It is not the Tungsten that is brittle, it is the carbon. Tungsten by itself is the strongest metal by volume both in terms of shock and grinding

[@nathantorresstanevil6958]

Edwin Sarkissian tungsten carbide is half carbon and half tungsten. So basically it’s coal and tungsten. Chemical formula is WC

[@natteft6593]

That's not quite true. Pure Tungsten metal is quite ductile. You can even make a micron size wire out of it (used in old light bulbs). The guys seems to have Tungsten carbide.

[@tallnrough68]

What you have to do is epoxy bind the tungsten to the steel. The steel will act as a backplate that will keep the tungsten in tact. Also you can sandwich tungsten in between two pieces of steel.

[@kabutar7998]

Pure tungsten has higher tensile strength and might've yielded a little when shot by 9mm but the material you used is tungsten carbide which means there's added carbon with pure tungsten depending on the concentration of carbon in tungsten the brittleness of the material could be defined. After watching the video it's pretty clear the percentage of carbon is around 4-5%. Which makes the material very brittle. Heat treating helps a lot in the strength of the material.. it also releases all the internal stress of the material

[@mikeosborne1562]

Never boring!! They banter between you and Gas is always well worth the time. Love you guys

[@kcmcmac1990]

Every time I hear, "I'm Red-eeey!" I smile I look forward to that

[@photoman52beta]

You guys are never boring. Good to see what these metals can handle.

[@jpsanch33]

Houston we have a problem

[@EdwinSarkissian]

Hahaha

[@Fergesslich]

Wrong, correct quote is: "Okay, Houston, we'VE HAD a problem here."

[@Sonorous_Sanctum]

Yep. All the millions of space junk traveling around the earth. That is a big problem.. ;)

[@HoustonDarner]

@@Fergesslich you're the only person ive seen say it right lmao

[@tshirtsnjeans]

I swear, I love your videos more than any other channel!

[@rogerloess2379]

"10mm is a super pumped up 9mm"... well, no. Its a super pumped up .40 cal heh

[@EdwinSarkissian]

That’s what I meant lol

[@Bob5mith]

9mm +1

[@VG-913]

Actually it's not .. 40 is a neutered 10mm. 10mm came first 40 was made because the fbi was crying from the recoil of their 10mm pistols

[@themadscientest]

Harder means more brittle, that is why certain knives are not hardened past about 55 HRC so the blade isn't going to break under certain forces.

[@taofledermaus]

I wish I had the same power of hindsight half the commentors have!

[@thereal6ix9inetreyway17]

TAOFLEDERMAUS stfu

[@DrDrOpOfFsKi]

@@thereal6ix9inetreyway17 rude!!

[@captaincouldverc]

I guess that's why they say "hindsight is 20-20" Plus lets be honest, I bet 70-90% of commenters Google their "knowledge" as they write it.

[@judgehastheword9069]

I dont know if you comment was mint at me. I have watched your channel for long time.

[@ziegenarty6188]

Judge has the Word *meant*. You eat mint.

[@johnhiggs9626]

Love watching you guys, the reason is because tungsten is Brattle but you’ll notice that the 57 didn’t make it through so it did indeed stop the bullet it functions a lot in the same way as ceramic. Which also shatters but does stop the bullet

[@seeriktus]

Tungsten carbide is a ceramic/cermet, completely different to basic tungsten. It behaves like a ceramic, that it fractures easily, but it's much harder.

[@richardf.4732]

Hello from France. I enjoyed your videos. Keep going.

[@bosontrip1466]

You should send the WC pieces back for recycling. Don't just throw it away. While having a high melting temperature, it will tend to oxidize without a controlled atmosphere at high temperatures. Similarly, while having a very high hardness it has a quite low fracture toughness. This means that once a crack begins, there is very little natural tendency to stop crack propagation. By impacting it with a bullet, it is creating some tensile forces on the material and ceramics are tend to be very weak in tension (though very strong in compression). Additionally, in terms of bullet protection, by breaking apart it allows a dissipation of the impacting energy rather than transferring it to the protected target.

[@natteft6593]

Why to recycle?

[@seanmills7255]

Finally an intelligent comment that actually is full of actual facts!! Thank you!!

[@britishsteel35]

Sooo many people are about to be tungsten experts🤣

[@freeman2399]

If I know glass it brittle does that make me a glass expert?

[@1992jamo]

Yeah you have to be an expert to know tungsten carbide is brittle right?

[@ezekielglenn5009]

Blade Wolf I'm not a tungsten expert but damn it's pretty clear this material is brittle

[@GabiRuta]

Tungsten Carbide has 9 points hardness on the Mosh Scale (same as Sapphire). Near Diamond, which is 10. That is so much breakable (just like Crystals). Extremely tough, very dense and robust, but also breakable on major mechanical punches.

[@ekbalkt]

Highlight in this video was the message to NASA 😂

[@nesterdsouza]

You Guys are NOT BORING at all

[@EdwinSarkissian]

thank you

[@arunish4491]

Sounds sarcastic to me '-'

[@No-yt9iv]

Why does this sound sarcastic?

[@treylon_sprayart]

Edwin I’m a Cuber and I would like to see how many Rubik’s cubes it takes to stop a bullet 🙂

[@MRblazedBEANS]

I second that, would be cool to see how many rubix cubes it takes to stop a .50 BMG

[@SteelyEyedMissileDan]

NEEERRRRDDD

[@Tainomontana]

No matter the results they are always interesting just keep shooting stuff & uploading daily!

[@Dtmdeman]

Carbide is brittle not designed for this use, but to be shaped into cutting tools and needs to be well supported.

[@docbandman7561]

Jasper is most definitely the best cameraman on KZbin

[@Bertg1982]

Tungsten has a high density which makes it extremely hard it has low tensile strength which means it breaks instead of bending or flexing. I’m a welder and I use it in tig torch welding.

[@fefifofob]

Dear God....

[@haadifarooq7166]

I think Edwin is the most non-unlikeable guy on KZbin.

[@tullgutten]

Try getting pure wolfram/tungsten instead of (sintered) tungsten carbide It should be a little less brittle. Tumgsten carbide is made by powdered tungsten and some other metals or "glue" then pressed to the final shape before baking it instead of beeing one solid piece Thats why it is more like caat iron

[@pirobot668beta]

Question: what would one use as a crucible for melting pure tungsten metal? Asking for a friend...

[@tullgutten]

@@pirobot668beta I think graphite can be used both as an arc furnace and the crucible

[@tullgutten]

@Dorito 65 subbed

[@bunnykiller]

big difference between pure tungsten and tungsten carbide, the addition of carbon changes the crystaline structure of the metal as it sets, the carbon allows shear lines to form in one direction but in the other direction it is extremely strong bond, thats why tungsten carbide is used in cutting tools in working with metals, if you had pure tungsten it would have just bounced off of the saw horse with little to no indents or scratching.... research your materials before purchasing, it will save you alot of money and disappointment..

[@17yearoldwarbowarcher]

Well said

[@THEMANCAVE2023]

Also.your all laughter is infectious love ya guys

[@jonlukesentenosenteno3166]

Vantastic job guy keep up the good work can't wait to see yalls next video

[@ignilc]

So its tungsten metal. Not tungsten carbide which is a very hard and brittle ceramic material.

[@EdwinSarkissian]

What he said.

[@enemymantis760]

Tungsten is an Elemental metal on the periodic table, tungsten carbide is a mix between tungsten and carbon which is a stronger and harder version of Elemental tungsten metal. No it is not a ceramic, it is a metal. Steel is a mix of metals and other elements usually involving the ingredients of iron, nickel, and carbon. Depending on what type of Steel you have you will have different ingredients normal steel and stainless steel have different ingredients to make them. Steel is not an element, tungsten is an element, tungsten carbide is not an element. But they all are metals.

[@ignilc]

@@EdwinSarkissian yeah so i commented having only watched the first minute or two. Thats tungsten carbide, just stop calling it tungsten. Or tungsten carbine for that matter.

[@randomfox9970]

@@EdwinSarkissian its very strong so strong you possible get a hammer and break it because its brittle like when you forge a blade you harden it too much blade breaks like cast iron breaks easy too interesting video as always👌🐺🐾💪

[@SaposJoint]

ignilc, it is tungsten carbide, and it *is* a ceramic, to answer the other comments in this response thread. Steel is iron with about .7% carbon, and maybe some other elements, depending on the desired qualities for the finished alloy.

[@StrangeStories12]

Edwin! Your videos are so good I can't even concentrate on making videos for my own channel because I'm always watching yours, haha

[@tonyhind6992]

I just love how real and unprofessional you guys are.

[@low-budgefudge2164]

He always check his chamber to see if their's no bullets lefted in it when he's done. He's very professional unless, you're talking about their goofiness

[@kentvikman1086]

Your videos are never boring.

[@jpdesimone]

Edwin: "I'm not sure why but I aimed at the center and it went all the way left corner." Viewers: We're shocked. LOL These videos would only be 5 minutes each if he practiced shooting. Silver lining is at least Gaspari has a steady camera hand. :)

[@EdwinSarkissian]

hahaha

[@dennisweaver5485]

I sold tungsten carbide for 42 years. To be made, it was not a molten material. It is sintered typically with a Cobalt binder. Both materials are ball milled to a talcum powder consistency. They are typically pressed into a shape by a forming die. Before it is sintered it is a fragile as a chalk stick. It is then put in a high temperature/ high pressure vessel and stays in there long enough to go through a sintering process. The particles fuse together with the Cobalt serving as the binder. I knew it was going to shatter before you shot it. It is a cutting material used all over the world. It's secret to bring the choice material is what is referred to had high red hardness. It retains its ability to cut metals even though in many cases the very edge is glowing red. Most all materials soften when red hot.

[@Abulhassan80]

It is so hard that it will break instead of bending..

[@jesseybarra3408]

Correct

[@clapper3530]

@@jesseybarra3408 wrong hardness is not brittleness. brittleness is brittleness.

[@jesseybarra3408]

@@clapper3530 really, I always thought it the other way around

[@jesseybarra3408]

I think I confused hardness with density

[@marknorris3769]

so nasa uses it to absorb all spectrum of dangerous space radiation , protecting crew and craft , ? or maybe heat shield ??

[@Ratatoskr0_0]

When I was in woodshop, we were told that while tungsten is hard, it's also brittle.

[@SaposJoint]

So where are you guys that you have peach trees in the desert? In most Spanish-speaking countries "cabron" is a word that might be used to start a fight, but strangely, not Mexico...

[@benvado4586]

"Cabron" is pretty low level insult. I say it to my brothers, friends whateva. Shit i cant count the times my dad has said to me "Ven paca Cabron"

[@minerblue9641]

Cabron means kid, like the offspring of a goat.

[@Puchuchi747]

@@minerblue9641 oh, you mean like una cabrita? (Hee hee hee)

[@dftdbs1010]

You got carbide, pure tungsten would have stopped those rounds dead in their tracks. Tungsten carbide is very hard, that means it is also brittle. Tungsten Carbide is better suited for armor piercing bullets.

[@jnewcell6952]

Tungsten carbide has a hardness of 9 on the mohs scale. Mild steel has a hardness of 4-6.

[@mitchprever4632]

Closer to 8 mohs than 9... And For comparison you should mention that diamonds are 10 mohs and and cell phone screens are a 6 mohs. Then you might want to explain what the mohs scale is and that the scale is more like a "scratch test" and on a ordinal scale ranks one minerals ability to scratch another to determine hardness... ...ie...a 9 mohs is twice as hard as an 8 mohs but a 10 mohs is four times as hard as a 8 mohs.

[@tstarrileyoops938]

I watch your channel because you have so much fun shooting guns. It is the same experience some of us that grew up shooting guns, it’s just fun. You are living a kid dream. “I want to shoot this.” Thanks

[@ahmedthabetart]

Hello from Egypt

[@trevorsternberg3602]

Great video. I love your work Keep going.

[@5oclock_Charlie]

that razor would hold an edge for a long time (The tungsten chip that broke off)

[@mrgreenswelding2853]

It would stay sharper than any razor claiming to be tungsten! Lol!!

[@lyman360able]

I love you guys! Your videos always make me smile.

[@klipzgaming23]

People make tungsten carbide rings so that if you get your finger smashed it doesn't just flatten the ring and smash your finger. Tungsten carbide rings shatter so that doesn't happen

[@anuragjoshi47]

I love his videos and his gun ethics and safety procedures.

[@wekker090]

Thungsten carbide is brittle, not tungsten by itself.

[@Yashiro-nene_dies]

Tungsten by itself is still very brittle. I work with it.

[@49walker44]

The child like wonder at outcomes so mysterious of these lovable loons is so endearing.

[@joaohonoriocoelho6940]

João, Brasil; The best Canal,every Good

[@majednss]

Tungsten carbide is considered a ceramic and it cannot overcome deformation which means that it’s so brittle due to it’s charged bonds. Also tungsten carbide high speed cutting tools fracture all the time for the same reason, but addition of cobalt will help a lot to prevent them from fracturing.

[@Abulhassan80]

Tungsten is hard/right element which have very low elasticity..

[@anshsawant7064]

Your videos are always the best..... You rock.....we all here in India love you......all the best......and i suggest you to make a video on how many bullets does it take to break a big dry ice......you can use different types of calibers for that like 7.62 9mm 50 cal and other.....And always be careful while you are shooting stuff cause it might be dangerous for you...😊😊

[@Fizz-Pop]

I find it is better to think of Tungsten Carbide as a ceramic.

[@1992jamo]

Because it is a ceramic haha.

[@russbilzing5348]

Okay, let's go through this a bit at a time. Tungsten (Known as Wolfram or Wolframite by the Germans in WW2), is enormously dense in nature, often being used to substitute almost 1 for 1 with gold by counterfeiters. It's density gives it a toughness that makes it highly useful for plowing through airplanes when used as penetrator rounds. Carbide, however, is used for cutting tools which requir a different kind of hardness as it is most often found as a ceramic. It is capable of absorbing higher shock loads than some of the better alloys of steel when mixed with tungsten and machine tools are a natural for this alloy. However, it is so brittle that you might as well as shoot a stack of plates. Get some unalloyed Tungsten (it should be MUCH cheaper, if you wish to abuse it with bullets.

[@Minecraftian2345432]

Tungsten =/= Tungsten Carbide

[@prg2457]

I have used Tungsten (W) foil during my Master research, actually, Tungsten is very brittle at room temperature, the basic mechanics here is that at this temperature there isn't enough vibrational energy in the lattice to allow for slip. So the atoms are almost locked in place and are unable to slide past each other, therefore they will separate and the material will fracture

[@uweyaa]

This Tungsten comes from "Made in China"?😆

[@happyguy7792]

Hey Edwin awesome video bud. That 357 you were using was that is 686 Smith & Wesson?

[@Iceroad-m9n]

OMG I'm was laughing so bad :))) We need more video like this :) please Edwin! 'message to NASA' lol the best part :))))

[@bazkeen]

Love the banter between you 2

[@WSY01]

Sooo Edwin, how are you and your friend? (I dont know how to write his name correctly)

[@EdwinSarkissian]

Good , thank you , how are you ?

[@WSY01]

@@EdwinSarkissian Good to hear that you 2 are good :). I'm good too, but I was wondering, how do I correctly write your friends name? I have been wondering that for a pretty long time now..

[@EdwinSarkissian]

If u wanna say it like me it’s Gasparito , but it’s Gaspar the right way

[@WSY01]

@@EdwinSarkissian Okay, thanks for clearing that up for me. Why with "ito" after Gaspar his name? Does it mean something or is it just for fun? I was also wondering in which state you live/record most of your videos?

[@rolandosalas4352]

@@WSY01 In spanish, at least in Mexico its very common to use diminutive in almost everything like objects, verbs and even in people's names. But names is mostly when they are close like friends or family. Ending with "ito" is for masculine and and "ita" for female.

[@cassandramunoz2623]

I love your videos! So glad I discovered you

[@silvinchoren9810]

9:00 cringy 14 year old girls when their gf breaks up with them.

[@Dudndbdjdn]

Yep

[@maeday8839]

Tungsten carbide is different from pure Tungsten as it has increased hardness and is therefore more brittle. I've seen other videos where pure Tungsten is shot and it survives fine so I reckon that's the difference!

[@Deepwaterjew]

Well... It broken because it's tungsten carbide.🤷🏻‍♂️

[@jintermont]

I had a tungsten wedding band and in the process of working on my car one day, I dropped something and reached down to catch it and smacked my hand against the concrete driveway and it shattered into about 6 pieces. I think if you had something padding the tungsten between it and the cinder block it would help a lot. But then again that is my uneducated opinion. Take from it what ever you would like. Also love the channel bruv.

[@Hehehehehe938]

Tungsten Metal plss. Not Tungsten Carbide

[@andreanderson6260]

This was a good video Edwin.I don’t think that it was any worse than any other Gun video that I have seen on KZbin it wasn’t boring at all brother don’t be hard on yourself.I look forward too WATChING your next video.

[@ebuckb1343]

9:49 burger

[@tdogtexan3445]

Tungsten carbide is extremely hard and extremely brittle like most metals the harder you get the more brittle it is. Also it is often referred as the second hardest thing to diamond. That's why they use it to cut majority of metals in machine shop and Industry. It also makes great punches because it does not wear it only cracks. They also make different types of carbide which are more impact-resistant. They usually come in smaller pieces but you should give that a try like something that you would find on a wood grinder.

[@mardakworkshop4450]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@DavidFMayerPhD]

As Mark Occhionero said, tungsten carbide is brittle. However, this brittleness can be largely removed by addition of alloying agents to make it tough and almost unbreakable. Unfortunately, these alloying agents make it still more expensive.

[@Kalidor99]

Tungsten Carbide has nothing to do with tungsten

[@Dar_Paz]

Yea, no. It's just made out of carbon and TUNGSTEN xd

[@Kalidor99]

really Sherlock, so it's like cast iron vs steel, not the same

[@mathewwoods5440]

Kalidor why do you say that? Please explain

[@Kalidor99]

Different crystal structure = different material properties. Tungsten carbide is ultra hard but also extreme brittle, melting point is also much lower, etc etc

[@s209_3]

Why is it called tungsten

[@edgardocruz333]

Un pequeño detalle en cuanto a la munición de el FN ,,,,,la munición original no se la vende a todo el mundo ,,,y por pedidos especiales ,,,te venderán una cajita y debes de ser oficial de seguridad o policía o trabajar para el FBI o DEA y te cuestionaran el porque y para que y es sumamente costosa y traspasa 7 capas de kevlar como mantequilla

[@fforhacks5964]

Coz Its carbide .not pure tungsten 😂😂

[@seanroberts2470]

What's the song at the end?

[@joeynice123]

Chinese tungsten is brittle and impure

[@probsty13]

its tungsten carbide. super brittle but mega hard an durable

[@waffle2446]

Are you actually serious?

[@waffle2446]

Tungsten carbide is really brittle regardless of what manufacturer it was made from...

[@avery2306]

Tungsten Carbide is very brittle though it's pretty hard and doesn't really melt. It's used for friction drilling and welding, and it's properties make it very good for both of these tasks, as with TiG welding, it conducts electricity pretty well, though the biggest issue with it is that it can pretty easily be contaminated with other materials while welding. I'm not very familiar in the machinists world though, and I can't really speak for the drilling aspect.

[@russiangunfreak3545]

Always get a good laugh from your videos, great work guys.

[@herosuper6041]

can you try sniper riffle at distance target betwen 500 m - 1600 m ?

[@VistaViews]

To expand on the comments about why it shattered as listed below. The atomic structure when tungsten carbide is created is crystalline. Unlike regular metal which will bend and twist before failing, Tungsten carbide will shatter more like glass or ceramic. It is still an incredibly strong material for its weight and size compared to other materials but it doesn't work so good with a shock like a bullet. It is a very unique material, my wife and I chose to have our wedding rings made out of it. :)

[@user-SgtArmoroldtanker]

I didn't expect it to break that easy

[@oo_dancho_oo7964]

9:56 what is the name of this gun ?

[@andreasschulz4086]

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[@budi0251]

Tungsten Carbide indeed contains carbon elements, hence makes it harder (high hardness retain its sharpness longer) but brittle indeed (not toughness). Drilling rig indeed use tungsten bits on their cutting head, now that's one really super hard & tough tungsten bits.

[@viper2788]

Carbides have a high carbon content which makes them extremely hard but brittle. It might make a good first layer on armor that would shatter the bullet but would need a softer, tougher material to back it up.

[@phongnguyenmanh]

High hardness will not be sufficient elastic, vibration can spread the cracks. In order to absorb the force there should be a combination of different layers of material, for example, you can stick tungsten on a clay mass, when the bullet collides with tungsten, the hardness of tungsten will prevent the bullet and the clay layer the rear will absorb shock. you can try with other absorbent materials, it could be a lead layer ..... ^^

[@zagrepcanin82]

tungsten carbide is alloy of tungsten(swedish word means heavy metal) and carbon in 50.50 ratio and it is used as cutting tool but being so hard makes it very brittle. steel on the other hand has just up to 2.08% of carbon and other elements depending of usage of it. super alloys can contain 8 or more elements in steel alloy so when somebody says to you "high carbon steel",steel already has carbon in it...and that high means 1-2% because as i wrote steel is till it reaches 2.08% of carbon...above that is cast iron

[@soh.timothy]

If you need to shoot tungsten carbide and keep it in one piece, it needs to have an elastic material as a backing to absorb the shock transferred. Tungsten carbide is used for ballistic protection but not in the way you've testing. It is meant to crack but it will force the projectile to tumble after it punches through the ceramic. The rest of the armour behind will catch the projectile fragments. Tungsten carbide is thus a sacrificial material. Can tungsten carbide withstand without cracking? Yes. But as mentioned, it needs to have an elastic material (elastopolymer) to absorb the shock and expand.

[@soh.timothy]

seadefreview.quora.com/NERA-Understanding-Non-Explosive-Reactive-Armour

[@skyking228]

Interesting video. Nice to see a Colt Python nickel plated no less. Thanks!

[@asperg8735]

I already know Tungsten is almost as hard as diamond but I've been wondering how strong it is for some time. I guess this answers my question. Looks like it's not really strong at all. For anyone who doesn't know, there's a difference between hardness and strength of metal. If it was strong, it would bend instead of shattering.