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phosphotungstovanadic acid

phosphotungstovanadic acid noun: any of various heteropoly acids composed of phosphorus, tungsten, vanadium, and oxygen.

Noun

phosphotungstovanadic acid (uncountable)

  1. Any of various heteropoly acids composed of phosphorus, tungsten, vanadium, and oxygen.
    • Vanadium (V) in an acid solution forms the yellow phosphotungstovanadic acid upon the addition of phosphoric acid and sodium tungstate.1957, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Michael A. De Sesa, Raw Materials Development Laboratory Handbook of Analytical Methods, page 136
    • Separation of Cesium and Rubidium by means of Phosphotungstovanadic Acid.1960, Journal of Analytical Chemistry of the USSR, volume 15, page 316

Origin of phosphotungstovanadic acid

From phospho- + tungsto- + vanadic + acid.

Questions about phosphotungstovanadic acid

What does phosphotungstovanadic acid mean?
Phosphotungstovanadic acid means any of various heteropoly acids composed of phosphorus, tungsten, vanadium, and oxygen.
What part of speech is phosphotungstovanadic acid?
Phosphotungstovanadic acid is a noun.

Words near phosphotungstovanadic acid in the dictionary

  1. phosphotungstate
  2. phosphotungstates
  3. phosphotungsten
  4. phosphotungstic
  5. phosphotungstic acid
  6. phosphotungstovanadic acid
  7. phosphotyrosine
  8. phosphotyrosines
  9. phosphotyrosyl
  10. phosphourous
  11. phosphovanadylite

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