It has been applied in various fields such as photoluminescence, antibacterial action, ozone gas sensors and humidity sensors.

[2][3] It is also used in the electronic and chemical industries, and also used in proteomics research.

[4] Silver tungstate occurs in three polymorphic phases: orthorhombic (α), hexagonal (β) and cubic (γ).

[2] α-silver tungstate is thermodynamically stable, while β- and γ-silver tungstate are metastable.

[5] Silver tungstate is synthesised through the following reaction between silver nitrate and sodium tungstate, producing sodium nitrate as a byproduct:[2]