Hi. I made Ni, Co and Cu tungstates. Cobalt has very beautiful colour. I wondered how different the color was from Co selenite.
[Edited on 3-3-2021 by vano]Lion850 - 3-3-2021 at 11:44
Hi Vano was there meant to be photos included with your post? I do not see any.
EDIT: I see it now! Lovely.
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Below pic of the cobalt tungstate I made - slightly different shade. It was dried on a steam bath which 'faded' the color a bit.
[Edited on 3-3-2021 by Lion850]Bedlasky - 3-3-2021 at 13:48
Lion850: This colour difference is due to water content. Look at cobalt chloride: hexahydrate is red, dihydrate violet, anhydrous dark blue.vano - 3-3-2021 at 21:20
Lion850 As always your compounds are beautiful. I agree with Bedlasky. I think if we put both in water and dry equally they will be the same color.
How long have you been drying tungstate?Lion850 - 4-3-2021 at 12:15
Hi Vano looking back at my log from September last year it was on the steam bath for around 3 hours. By then the weight loss rate reduced to near
zero. Here you can see the colour of the ppt before drying.
Edit: Green is my favourite colour, after seeing your photo I must try copper tungstate sometime! But, I have not managed to make a bright red
compound yet, and that is my holy grail! I got close a few times, but no pure bright red yet.
[Edited on 4-3-2021 by Lion850]vano - 4-3-2021 at 12:50
As I recall, mine also had such a color.I dried it for hours at 60-80 degrees, I had no set time. It is good that you like colored compounds. I don't
remember why I fell in love with chemistry, but colors would be one of the factors. Copper tungsten will be good for your collection. Which red
compound do you plan to make?
If you have reagents I would recommend making this compound. I want to use chlorate instead of perchlorate.
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If you have reagents I would recommend making this compound.
Thanks for the link Vano, it looks explosively beautiful!
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ChemTalk Chemical Elements vano - 4-3-2021 at 21:38
Yes i agree. I like DMSO complexes, but i have only copper chloride complex, but it is also nice green or yellow compound.Lion850 - 28-3-2021 at 22:28
I wanted to see the color of gallium tungstate; turned out white (which was disappointing but not a not a surprise) and while I had a solution of
sodium tungstate I checked the reactions with some other metal nitrate solutions. Below photos show the ppt colors, apologies some are not so good
quality but good enough to show the color trend:
Gallium nitrate + sodium tungstate = white
Cobalt nitrate + sodium tungstate = purple
Nickel nitrate + sodium tungstate = very pale green
Chromium (iii) nitrate + sodium tungstate = green
Iron (iii) nitrate + sodium tungstate = pale orange
