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tungstic acid
noun
- any of various oxyacids of tungsten obtained by neutralizing alkaline solutions of tungstates. They are often polymeric substances, typical examples being H 2 WO 4 ( orthotungstic acid ), H 2 W 4 O 13 ( metatungstic acid ), and H 10 W 12 O 14 ( paratungstic acid )
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tungstic acid1
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Example Sentences
Tungstic acid may be got into solution after fusion with alkalies or alkaline carbonates.
The residual tungstic acid is fixed, so that when the ammonia has been driven off it may be strongly heated without loss.
It is weighed when cold, and is the trioxide or "tungstic acid" (WO3), which contains 79.31 per cent.
Next followed the discovery of tungstic acid, and in 1783 he added to his list of useful discoveries that of glycerine.
“Now,” he said, when the tungstic acid had been dissolved, and he had dropped a small bar of tin into the solution.
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