The structure, morphology of ammonium metatungstate (AMT), (NH 4 formed between 380-500 °C, (iv) which then transformed into the more stable m-WO 3 between 500-600 °C. As a difference in air, the as-formed NH 3 ignited with an exothermic heat effect, and nitrous oxides formed as combustion products. The thermal behavior of AMT was similar to ammonium paratungstate (APT), (NH 4 ) 10 [H 2 W 12 O 42 ]•4H 2 O, the only main difference being the lack of dry NH 3 evolution between 170-240 °C in the case of AMT.)