On the periodic table, tungsten has the highest melting point of all elements.
Tungsten, also called wolfram, melts at about 3,422 °C, or 6,192 °F, under standard pressure. It is a dense transition metal with atomic number 74 and the chemical symbol W. The W comes from wolfram, the name used in several European languages.
Its extremely high melting point and low vapor pressure make tungsten valuable in high-temperature applications. It has been used in incandescent-lamp filaments, specialized heating elements, electrodes, and hard materials such as tungsten carbide. Tungsten is also among the densest elements, though osmium and iridium are usually listed as denser.
Carbon is sometimes suggested because graphite and diamond withstand very high temperatures, but carbon generally sublimates rather than melting at ordinary pressure. Tungsten’s melting point is therefore the standard answer in periodic-table comparisons, while exact values can depend on pressure and the material’s form.