00:00This metal is glowing at over 1,300 degrees Celsius, so why can't you forge it?
00:10Normally, steel at this temperature becomes soft and easy to shape.
00:13But this barely moves.
00:17So they brought out an 80kg power hammer.
00:30And even with all that force, the tungsten barely deforms.
00:38After all those blows, it had only changed by about 4mm.
00:48Steel at the same temperature behaves almost like butter, tungsten doesn't.
01:00When they use a hydraulic press, hot iron yields like butter, but tungsten does not.
01:07Let's see how the tungsten looks in the hydraulic press.
01:09Does pressing do anything different to it than hammering?
01:14Tungsten, hydraulic press.
01:16So how does industry shape a metal this stubborn?
01:18Let's find out why.
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