noun
- salts or esters of tungstic acid, containing the tungstate ion
Usage: chemistry
Examples
- Sodium tungstate is commonly used in analytical chemistry.
- The laboratory analyzed various tungstates for their catalytic properties.
- Calcium tungstate was historically used in X-ray screens.
- These tungstates exhibit interesting fluorescent properties under UV light.
- The mining company extracted tungstates from the ore deposits.
- Researchers studied the crystal structure of several tungstates.