Metals With the Highest Melting Points

About This Dataset

This chart ranks the ten metals with the highest melting points, measured in degrees Celsius. Tungsten leads by a wide margin, which is why it is used for the filaments in incandescent light bulbs and other extreme-heat applications.

✨ AI Insight

Tungsten tops the list at 3,414 C, the highest melting point of any metal, more than 200 degrees above second-placed rhenium (3,186 C). This exceptional heat resistance explains tungsten's use in lamp filaments, rocket nozzles and cutting tools. Osmium (3,033 C) and tantalum (3,017 C) form a close third and fourth, followed by molybdenum at 2,623 C. Every entry on this list is a refractory transition metal, and all melt above 2,150 C, far hotter than everyday metals like iron (1,538 C) or aluminium (660 C). The values decline steadily from tungsten down to technetium (2,157 C), but even the lowest here would remain solid in temperatures that vaporise most common materials.

Source: Royal Society of Chemistry

Key Findings

Auto-computed highlights from this dataset

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Tungsten leads with 3,414 in All Time.

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Average value in All Time: 2,692 · median: 2,550.

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Gap in All Time: Tungsten is 1.6× larger than Technetium.