sodium tungstate

noun

variants or sodium wolframate

: a tungstate of sodium

especially : the normal salt Na₂WO₄ that commonly crystallizes with two molecules of water, is usually obtained during the extraction of tungsten from its ores, and is used chiefly in making other tungsten compounds and in fireproofing textiles

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