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sodium silicates

sodium silicates is the plural of sodium silicate.

Meaning of sodium silicate

Noun

sodium silicate (plural sodium silicates)

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

Questions about sodium silicates

What is sodium silicates the plural of?
Sodium silicates is the plural of sodium silicate.

Words near sodium silicates in the dictionary

  1. sodium picosulfate
  2. sodium pump
  3. sodium pumps
  4. sodium selenite
  5. sodium silicate
  6. sodium silicates
  7. sodium soap
  8. sodium sorbate
  9. sodium stearate
  10. sodium stearates
  11. sodium stibogluconate

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