sodium silicate

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sodium silicate

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

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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sodium silicate - a viscous glass consisting of sodium silicate in solution; used as a cement or as a protective coating and to preserve eggs

soluble glass, water glass

glass - a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure

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