tungstic

[ tuhng-stik ]

/ ˈtʌŋ stɪk /

adjective Chemistry.

of or containing tungsten, especially in the pentavalent or hexavalent state.

Nearby words

tungsten lamp, tungsten rating, tungsten steel, tungsten trioxide, tungstenic, tungstic, tungstic acid, tungstite, tungstous, tungting, tungus

Origin of tungstic

First recorded in 1790–1800; tungst(en) + -ic

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Examples from the Web for tungstic

The molybdic and tungstic acids combine with the soda, forming the respective salts.
A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe|Anonymous
Tungstic acid may be got into solution after fusion with alkalies or alkaline carbonates.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.|Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer
It is weighed when cold, and is the trioxide or "tungstic acid" (WO3), which contains 79.31 per cent.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.|Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer
Next followed the discovery of tungstic acid, and in 1783 he added to his list of useful discoveries that of glycerine.
A History of Science, Volume 4(of 5)|Henry Smith Williams

“Now,” he said, when the tungstic acid had been dissolved, and he had dropped a small bar of tin into the solution.
Shadow Mountain|Dane Coolidge

British Dictionary definitions for tungstic

tungstic

/ (ˈtʌŋstɪk) /

adjective

of or containing tungsten, esp in a high valence state

Word Origin for tungstic

C18: from tungst (en) + -ic

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