Tungsten pentoxide

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Tungsten pentoxide (W₂O₅) was reported in early literature but proved to have the stoichiometry W₁₈O₄₉.^[1] Sometimes called mineral blue, it is a blue solid formed by the reaction of tungsten trioxide (WO₃) and tungsten metal at 700 °C.^[1]

There are a number of these unusual intermediate oxides formed from reacting metal and trioxide, including W₂₀O₅₈ and W₂₄O₇₀.^[1] W₁₈O₄₉ contains both octahedral and pentagonal bipyramidal co-ordination of the metal atoms by oxygen.^[1]

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• Tungsten(IV) oxide
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