noun
- a salt of tungstic acid containing the anion WO4²⁻
Usage: chemistry
Examples
- Sodium tungstate is commonly used in chemical analysis.
- The tungstate ion has a tetrahedral structure.
- Calcium tungstate occurs naturally as the mineral scheelite.
- Tungstate compounds are important in industrial catalysis.
- The laboratory prepared ammonium tungstate for the experiment.
- Tungstate salts are often white crystalline solids.