tungstic acid

noun

, Chemistry.

1. a hydrate of tungsten trioxide, H 2 WO 4 ⋅H 2 O, used in the manufacture of tungsten-lamp filaments.
2. any of a group of acids derived from tungsten by the addition of acid to a soluble tungstate or to a mixture of a tungstate and a silicate, phosphate, etc.

tungstic acid

noun

1. 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 )

Word History and Origins

Origin of tungstic acid¹

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

By weighing the sample first and extracting the tungsten we get the percentage, when it’s been filtered and dried and weighed again, of the tungstic acid in the ore.

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On treatment with hydrochloric acid or aqua regia they are decomposed; the yellow tungstic acid separates and remains insoluble.

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Coolidge succeeded in accomplishing the feat in 1912 by reducing the tungstic acid by hydrogen and molding the metallic powder into a bar by pressure.

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An additional amount of the acid renders it violet, and a still larger quantity affords a beautiful pure blue color, similar to that produced by tungstic acid.

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Next followed the discovery of tungstic acid, and in 1783 he added to his list of useful discoveries that of glycerine.

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