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silicate Definition

sili·cate (sili kit, -kāt′)

noun

a salt or ester derived from silica or a silicic acid

silicate Usage Examples

Preposition: of

alumina: The sandstones commonly contain grains of felspar - a complex silicate of alumina and an alkaline base.

Converse of object

  • contain: However, above each silo in the west wall are blocked apertures that also contain silicates.
  • include: These include silicate mixed with albumen, gelatine or stale beer.

Adjective modifier

  • hydrous: Wanlockhead, richer in zinc ores, has a greater prevalence of secondary zinc species such as hemimorphite ( hydrous zinc silicate ).
  • hydrated: For example a major class of IDPs and all of the carbon rich chondrites contain hydrated silicates.
  • crystalline: The bottles are filled with molecular sieve material grade 542 crystalline aluminum silicate.
  • other: The samples are mostly composed of granted minerals, e.g. , micas and other complex silicates.
  • complex: Examples of such materials can be anything from NaCl ( table salt ) to clay ( a complex silicate ).

Modifies a noun

  • tetrahedra: Looking only at a polygon view of the silicate tetrahedra, we can see each is isolated from the other.
  • mineral: This method can be applied to identify the structure type of any silicate mineral.
  • grain: A spectral feature near 10 microns is evidence for small amorphous silicate grains.
  • glass: The second component to our work on glasses concerns the formation of silicate glasses.
  • paint: Indeed this is the quality that most external silicate paints have.
  • rock: The faster silicate rocks " weather " , the faster carbon is removed from the atmosphere.

Noun used with modifier

  • magnesium: Outside the core is the mantle, composed largely of magnesium silicates.
  • calcium: Calcium oxide reacts with silicon dioxide to give calcium silicate.
  • aluminum: The aluminum silicates comprising asbestos are relatively benign if not in nanoscale form and not breathed in or contacted directly in nanoscale form.
  • sodium: You might like to try growing sugar crystals, copper sulfate crystals, sodium silicate crystals, potassium permanganate crystals or iodine crystals.
  • aluminum: The bottles are filled with molecular sieve material grade 542 crystalline aluminum silicate.
  • iron: Pig iron is refined in a converter and then poured into molten iron silicate slag.

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