Tungsten has the highest "tensile strength" of all metal, which is the maximum stress a material can withstand while being stretched or pulled before breaking. For that reason one could call the element after the almost unbreakable rope "Gleypnir", the binding that holds the mighty wolf Fenrir in Norse Mythology. "Gleypnir" is linked to the idea of "wolf", which is part of the name "Wolfram", referring to the fact that Scheelite (natural Calcium Wolframate) devoured (like a wolf) tin in the smelter.
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