Tungsten Alloy And Dart Stem

The most important part of a dart is the stem, it’s where fingers hold on. The change of stems’ weight will change the shape of darts. Nowadays standard dart stem is made from tungsten alloy and this kind of dart is getting more and more popular all over the world.

There are several kinds of tungsten alloy dart stems including tungsten-nickel-copper stem, tungsten-nickel-copper-iron stem etc. If customers need special darts, they will be customized. Since there are still some barriers in manufacturing skills, tungsten dart stems with purity of 100% can not be made yet. What people can buy in the market are almost tungsten alloy stem, among which tungsten-nickel-iron alloy is the most common one.

Tungsten is a kind of material with high density and endurance. Tungsten alloy dart has small diameter compared with dart made of other materials at the same weight. For dart fans, small-size stem is very important, for it’s more comfortable to hold with fingers. The advent of tungsten alloy darts has contributed a lot to dart sports, as it has greatly improve the average scores in games.

There are some tips for dart fans:

1. When you buy a new set of darts you may notice the percentage of tungsten in the package, say, “tungsten purity 80%”, that means 80% of the material in the stem is tungsten, and the higher the purity the thinner the stem is and, of course, the more expensive the darts are. For ordinary fans 80% is good enough.

2. Remember: the only advantage of a high-purity tungsten alloy dart is that it is thinner, it does not mean it’s of high quality or fine workmanship.

3. Some people are allergic to nickel, and nickel happens to be an element of some darts stem, if those people really want to play dart, they’d better chose a substitute, like tungsten -copper darts.

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