Tungsten carbide (chilinganizo chamankhwala: WC) ndi mankhwala (makamaka carbide) okhala ndi magawo ofanana a tungsten ndi maatomu a kaboni. M'mawonekedwe ake ofunikira, tungsten carbide ndi ufa wotuwa bwino, koma imatha kukanikizidwa ndikupangidwa kukhala mawonekedwe kudzera munjira yotchedwa sintering kuti igwiritsidwe ntchito pamakina amakampani, zida zodulira, zomangira, zipolopolo zoboola zida ndi miyala yamtengo wapatali. Tungsten carbide ili ndi cobalt ndi mtundu wa nickel binder.

Tungsten carbide ndi yolimba kuwirikiza kawiri kuposa chitsulo, yokhala ndi modulus ya Young pafupifupi 530-700 GPa (77,000 mpaka 102,000 ksi), ndipo imakhala yowirikiza kawiri kuchulukira kwachitsulo - pafupifupi pakati pakati pa lead ndi golide.

Tungsten carbide ili ndi mphamvu yayikulu kwambiri pazinthu zolimba komanso zolimba. Mphamvu yoponderezedwa ndi yayikulu kuposa pafupifupi zitsulo zonse zosungunuka ndi kuponyedwa kapena zopukutira ndi ma aloyi.