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tungstic

/tuhng-stik/US // ˈtʌŋ stɪk //UK // (ˈtʌŋstɪk) //

桐城,桐乡,钨钢,桐乡市

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Chemistry.

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

Examples

  • Tungstic acid may be got into solution after fusion with alkalies or alkaline carbonates.

  • The residual tungstic acid is fixed, so that when the ammonia has been driven off it may be strongly heated without loss.

  • It is weighed when cold, and is the trioxide or "tungstic acid" (WO3), which contains 79.31 per cent.

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

  • “Now,” he said, when the tungstic acid had been dissolved, and he had dropped a small bar of tin into the solution.