Anchor Chemical`s Sodium tungstate is often found as the dihydrate, Na2WO4 2H2O. This salt is soluble in water and is a moderately strong oxidizing agent, but finds no common use in the chemistry laboratory. Sodium tungstate, Na2WO4, a tungstate of sodium, is useful as a source of tungsten. It is prepared from tungsten ores used to manufacture tungsten by reducing it. It is also used as mordant in dyeing, for weighting silk, for fireproofing fabrics, as a reagent for pigment, aceto acetic acid, Tannins, uric acid and sometimes for decoloursing acetic acid etc. Apart from this particular speciality chemical, the company Anchor Chemicals Industries is also engaged in manufacturing and exporting other quality products like chromium chloride, chromium fluoride, chromium nitrate, chromium formate, tungstic acid, ammonium paratungstate and many others.