Tungsten

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Tungsten
Branch:	Janus
Number:	28
Appears In:	"One False Note" Card Pack
Location:	Italy

Tungsten (a.k.a Wolfram) is Clue #28 in the 39 Clues, and is the book-Clue that comes with One False Note.

History

The Clue Tungsten was found in One False Note. A note from Grace Cahill mentions he French word for cake, gateau, minus music. That last part actually means the letters that form the musical scale, leaving the letters T and U. This helps Dan and Amy find the Clue. TU is the old chemical symbol for tungsten, which is now known as wolfram.

Additionally, the found two samurai swords in the Fidelio Racco Museum. It was hidden in a compartment that could only be opened by the playing a certain tune on a harpsichord. If it a different version of the tune is played, the harpsichord activates a bomb.

Cutscene

Glass and piano pieces fall at the screen, while two slabs of rock slide away, revealing the Tungsten swords clashing together with green volts of electricity crawling up them. This is similar to the cover of One False Note. The camera closes into the swords and the word TUNGSTEN jumps into the screen.

Card Combo

About Tungsten

Tungsten has the highest melting point of any metal, which may be why it's a Clue, and why the Japanese Samurai use it in their blades.

Gallery

The Tungsten Symbol

The 39 Clues Clue 28

A chunk of tungsten.

A w made of tungsten

As depicted in the graphic novel.