Tungsten applications:

Directly heated cathodes or heater coils for indirectly heated cathodes in cathode ray tubes for TV sets or computer displays, X-ray tubes, electron tubes, klystrons, magnetrons for microwave ovens;

Thoria or rare earth oxide alloyed rod electrodes for inert gas welding (TIG welding electrodes), as well as High Intensity Discharge (HID) lamps; Tungsten disks for substrate of high power semiconductor rectifying devices; Sintered tungsten-copper or tungsten-silver electrical contacts for high-voltage breakers High temperature furnace parts such as tungsten heating coils, reflectors and structural material

Calcium and/or magnesium tungstate is the phosphor in intensifying screens used with the X-ray photo films. These phosphors convert X-rays into visible (blue) light, resulting in a smaller X-ray charge for the patient

Ultra high purity tungsten, tungsten silicide and tungsten-titanium PVD sputtering targets are used in VLSI and ULSI DRAM chip technology. A W-Ti layer on a wafer acts as a diffusion barrier, while W and WSi layers function as electrical conductor materials.

In liquid crystal display (LCD) technology, ultra high purity molybdenum-tungsten alloy targets are now used instead of molybdenum-tantalum, resulting in improved definition of LCD panels.