8502. Silicotungstic Acid

Nomenclature

CAS number: 12520-88-6
Tungstosilicic acid.
H4O40SiW12; mol wt 2878.17.
H 0.14%, O 22.24%, Si 0.98%, W 76.65%.
H4[SiO4.(W3O9)4].

Description and references

Prepn of hydrated compd: Grüttner, Jander in Handbook of Preparative Inorganic Chemistry vol. 2, G. Brauer, Ed. (Academic Press, New York, 2nd ed., 1965) pp 1717-1718.

Derivative

Hydrate.

Properties

White to slightly yellow, deliquesc crystals. Very sol in water, alcohol. Keep tightly closed.

Use

Preparing heavy solns for separating minerals; as a mordant for basic aniline dyes; as a reagent for pptn and determination of alkaloids.