ʻO ka tungsten carbide (kemika: WC) kahi hui kemika (ʻo ia hoʻi, he carbide) e loaʻa ana nā ʻāpana like o nā ʻātoma tungsten a me ke kalapona. Ma kona ʻano maʻamau loa, he pauka hina maikaʻi ka tungsten carbide, akā hiki ke paʻi ʻia a hana ʻia i mau ʻano ma o kahi kaʻina hana i kapa ʻia ʻo sintering no ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mīkini ʻoihana, nā mea ʻokiʻoki, nā mea abrasives, nā pūpū pale kaua a me nā mea hoʻonani. Loaʻa i ka tungsten carbide ke ʻano cobalt a me nickel binder.

ʻOi aku ka paʻakikī o ka tungsten carbide ma mua o ke kila, me ka modulus Young ma kahi o 530-700 GPa (77,000 a 102,000 ksi), a ʻoi aku ka pālua o ka nui o ke kila—kokoke ma waena o ke kēpau a me ke gula.

He ikaika kiʻekiʻe loa ka tungsten carbide no kahi mea paʻakikī a paʻa. ʻOi aku ka ikaika o ka compressive ma mua o nā metala a me nā alloys i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia a hoʻolei ʻia a i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia paha.