Definition of "tungstic" []

• Of, relating to, or containing tungsten, especially with valence 6. (adjective)

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• "_Tungsten Blue_ is an oxide formed by the action of various deoxidizing agents on tungstic acid."
• "Next followed the discovery of tungstic acid, and in 1783 he added to his list of useful discoveries that of glycerine."
• "On boiling with hydrochloric acid they are both liberated, and remain for the greater part (all the niobic) in the insoluble residue with the tungstic acid."