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sodium silicate

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.64 in modern English

Syllables
sodi-um sil-i-cate
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Chemical compounds with the formula Na₂ₓSi_(y,)O_(2y+x) or (Na₂O)ₓ·(SiO₂)_y, such as sodium metasilicate Na₂SiO₃, sodium orthosilicate Na₄SiO₄, and sodium pyrosilicate Na₆Si₂O₇.

noun

A mixture of such compounds, especially the metasilicate, used in the formulation of cements, coatings, passive fire protection, textile and lumber processing, manufacture of refractory ceramics, as adhesives, and in the production of silica gel.

Inflected Forms

sodium silicates (plural)

Synonyms

soluble glass water glass

Questions

What does sodium silicate mean?
Chemical compounds with the formula Na₂ₓSi_(y,)O_(2y+x) or (Na₂O)ₓ·(SiO₂)_y, such as sodium metasilicate Na₂SiO₃, sodium orthosilicate Na₄SiO₄, and sodium pyrosilicate Na₆Si₂O₇.

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