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fluosilicic acid

[ floo-oh-si-lis-ik as-id, floo- ]

noun

, Chemistry.
  1. an unstable acid, H 2 SiF 6 , known only in its colorless, poisonous, fuming aqueous solution or in the form of its salts: used chiefly as a wood preservative, a disinfectant, and as a hardening agent in the manufacture of ceramic ware, cement, and concrete.


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Fluosilicic acid and iodate of soda precipitate the salts of the latter earth, but not those of the former.

Potassium salts give with sodium periodate and hydro-fluosilicic acid white precipitates soluble in much water.

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