The usage of tungsten disulfide powder is it can be used in high temperature and high-pressure applications. It offers temperature resistance from -450 degree F (-270℃) to 1200 degree F (650℃) in normal atmosphere and from -305 deg F (-188℃) to 2400º F (1316℃) in vacuum.

Tungsten disulfide has a layered structure related to MoS2, with W atoms situated in trigonal prismatic coordination sphere. Owing to this layered structure, WS2 forms inorganic nanotube was discovered on an example of WS2 and has been the first material which is able to form it in 1992.  

Tungsten disulfide coating is an extremely slick, dry film lubricant coat. WS2 has an extremely low coefficient of friction of 0.03 — lower than that of teflon, graphite, or molybdenum disulfide. The film is remarkably durable compared to many other lubricant materials and can withstand tremendously high loads of over 300,000 psi.

Tungsten disulfide property is diamagnetic, lubricious and easy to be dissociative. It is a compound of tungsten and sulfur, chemical formula is WS2, molecular weight 247.97, the state is black gray powder, appears in the natural world as a tungstenite. The relative density is 7.510. It adopts a layered structure related to MoS2, with W atoms situated in trigonal prismatic coordination sphere.