182tungsten Mössbauer spectroscopy of heteropolytungstates.

The tungsten-182 Mössbauer spectra of a series of Keggin structure heteropolytungstates, [EW12O40]n- are reported. There is a very considerable variation in quadrupole coupling at the tungsten nucleus indicating considerable asymmetry in the electron distribution for the more electronegative elements E. The quadrupole coupling correlates well with the structural data, in particular with the distance between the tungsten and the oxygen atom of the EO4 group.