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tungsten trioxide

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noun

Chemistry.

  1. a heavy, canary-yellow, water-insoluble powder, WO 3 , used in the manufacture of tungstates.

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A unit is 1 per cent. of tungsten trioxide to the ton, that is, twenty pounds.

From Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries by Slosson, Edwin E.

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