arsenotungstates
|ar-se-no-tung-states|
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/ˌɑr.sə.noʊˈtʌŋ.steɪts/
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/ˌɑː.sə.nəʊˈtʌŋ.steɪts/
(arsenotungstate)
compound containing arsenic and tungsten
Etymology
'arsenotungstate' originates from modern chemical nomenclature, specifically combining the prefix 'arseno-' (from 'arsenic') and 'tungstate' (from 'tungsten' + the chemical suffix '-ate'), where 'arseno-' refers to arsenic and 'tungsten' historically referred to 'heavy stone'.
'arsenic' derives from Greek 'arsenikon' and 'tungsten' from Swedish 'tung sten' ('heavy stone'); the suffix '-ate' arises from New Latin/Greek chemical naming; these elements were combined in modern inorganic nomenclature to form the term 'arsenotungstate'.
Initially it broadly described salts or compounds containing arsenic and tungsten; over time the term has come to denote specific heteropolyanions or polyoxometalate species composed of arsenic and tungsten in inorganic chemistry.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
plural of 'arsenotungstate': inorganic compounds or anions containing both arsenic and tungsten, typically oxoanions (often polyoxometalates) that appear in coordination and materials chemistry and can show catalytic, electronic, or structural properties.
Many researchers study arsenotungstates for their catalytic and electronic properties.
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