Tungsten carbide ndi chinthu cholimba kwambiri komanso champhamvu chomwe chimagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri podula zida ndi zida zovala. Zimapangidwa pophatikiza ma tungsten ndi ma atomu a carbon, omwe amapanga gulu lolimba kwambiri lomwe limatha kusunga kuuma kwake ndi mphamvu zake ngakhale kutentha kwambiri. Izi zimapangitsa kukhala chinthu chabwino kuti chigwiritsidwe ntchito pamene chida chodulira kapena kuvala gawo chidzagonjetsedwa ndi kutentha kwakukulu ndi kuvala, monga pobowola ndi mphero.

Kuphatikiza apo, tungsten carbide imakhalanso yolimbana ndi dzimbiri, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti zikhale zothandiza pakugwiritsa ntchito pomwe chida chodulira kapena gawo lovala lidzawonekera kumadera ovuta. Ponseponse, kuphatikiza kuuma, mphamvu, ndi kukana kutentha ndi dzimbiri kumapangitsa tungsten carbide kukhala chisankho chodziwika bwino chogwiritsidwa ntchito podula zida ndi zida zobvala.