
Purple tungsten oxide, also known as tungsten purple oxide, is a typical tungsten oxide and an inorganic compound composed of 18 tungsten atoms and 49 oxygen atoms. It is an oxygen-vacancy tungsten oxide, appearing as a purple or blue-purple fine crystalline powder. Its English name is Purple Tungsten Oxide or Violet Tungsten Oxide (abbreviated as VTO or TVO), with a chemical formula of W??O?? or WO?.?? and a molecular weight of 227.36. Note: The oxidation state of tungsten in W??O??…