sodium silicate

American

noun

Chemistry.

any of several clear, white, or greenish water-soluble compounds of formulas varying in ratio from Na 2 O⋅3.75SiO 2 to 2Na 2 O⋅SiO 2 : used chiefly in dyeing, printing, and fireproofing textiles and in the manufacture of paper products and cement.

sodium silicate British

noun

Also called: soluble glass. a substance having the general formula, Na 2 O. x SiO 2 , where x varies between 3 and 5, existing as an amorphous powder or present in a usually viscous aqueous solution See water glass
any sodium salt of orthosilicic acid or metasilicic acid

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CleanTok is in love with The Pink Stuff – a rosy cleaning paste that’s made from baking soda, quartz, sodium silicate and soap.

From Fox News ● Nov. 27, 2021

But the increased acidity seemed to reduce the effectiveness of the sodium silicate.

From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2019

Dr. Jones also experimented with whether plantlike forms could grow without gravity, putting them in a liquid solution of metal salt crystals and sodium silicate, known as a chemical garden.

From New York Times ● Jul. 30, 2017

A blob of sodium silicate had clogged up a test tube, so I heated it over an alcohol lamp, intending to melt it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 15, 2015

It is very refractory, and is applied by mixing with water and some bond, such as sodium silicate or gas-tar.

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