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sodium silicate
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sodium silicate
n.
Any of various water-soluble silicate glass compounds used as a preservative for eggs, in plaster and cement, and in various purification and refining processes. Also called soluble glass, water glass.

sodium silicate
n
1. (Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) Also called soluble glass a substance having the general formula, Na2O.xSiO2, where x varies between 3 and 5, existing as an amorphous powder or present in a usually viscous aqueous solution See water glass
2. (Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) any sodium salt of orthosilicic acid or metasilicic acid
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Noun1.sodium silicate - a viscous glass consisting of sodium silicate in solution; used as a cement or as a protective coating and to preserve eggs
glass - a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure


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