Constituent WO3 | SSHADE

Constituent

Name: WO3
Official name: Tungsten trioxide

Family: covalent network solid
Class: tridimentional covalent network solid
Compound type: tungstate

Constituent abundance in material

Relevance: main - major
Arrangement: single phase
Mass fraction: 1.0
Mole fraction: 1.0

Chemical composition

Formula: $WO_3$
Chemical formula: WO3
Elemental formula: W O3
Isotope mixture type: terrestrial abundance

	Formula	Name	Family	Number min-max	Mole fraction	Isotope mole fraction	State	Relevance
	$W$	Tungsten	element	1	0.25	1	constituent element	main
	$O$	Oxygen	element	3	0.75	1	constituent element	main

Chemical functions and bonds

Chemical bonds

	Bond	Number
	$\geq\mid W-O$	6

Class: tridimensional covalent networks (11)
Type: one metal and one non-metal (or metalloid) tridimensional networks (11.04)

Phase type: crystalline

Crystallography

Crystal system: monoclinic
Crystal class: prismatic
Crystal class symbol: 2/m (C2h)
Crystal spacegroup: P2(1)/c

Texture: polycrystalline

Physical properties

Molar mass: 231.84 $g/mol$
Density: 7.16 $g/cm^3$

Optical properties

Refringence type: biaxial
Color: canary yellow
Diaphaneity: transparent
Luster: greasy