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tungstic acid

tungstic acid

8.9
An acid made from the metal tungsten that forms a yellow solid
  • noun
  • /ˈtʌŋstɪk ˈæsɪd/
  • Specialized
: ácido tungsténico
  • The laboratory synthesized tungstic acid by adding hydrochloric acid to sodium tungstate.

Examples

  • Yellow tungstic acid is often used as a precursor for tungsten metal production.

  • When heated, tungstic acid decomposes to form tungsten trioxide.

  • The tungstic acid solution was prepared in the lab.

  • Researchers are studying the properties of tungstic acid.

  • The laboratory synthesized tungstic acid by adding hydrochloric acid to sodium tungstate.

  • When heated, tungstic acid decomposes to form tungsten trioxide.

  • Yellow tungstic acid is often used as a precursor for tungsten metal production.

Surface Forms

tungstic acid singular
tungstic acids plural

Morphology

tungstic + acid

The adjective 'tungstic' means 'of or relating to tungsten' and 'acid' denotes a chemical substance; combined they directly yield 'an acid of tungsten.' Although the term is specialized and low-frequency, the compositional chemical naming pattern (metal + -ic + acid) is regular and cross-linguistically transparent, so a learner who knows the constituents can infer the meaning.

Etymology

Tungstic acid gets its name from the metal tungsten, whose name comes from old Swedish words meaning 'heavy stone' because the metal came from very heavy rocks. The word acid shows it is an acid made from that metal, so tungstic acid means 'an acid of tungsten'.