sodium metasilicate
Also known as sodium sesquisilicate, sodium silicate glass, sodium polysilicate, sodium siliconate
chemical compound
Chemical data
- Formula
- Na2O3Si
- Molecular weight
- 122.063 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- disodium;dioxido(oxo)silane
- SMILES
- [O-][Si](=O)[O-].[Na+].[Na+]
- InChIKey
- NTHWMYGWWRZVTN-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- Polar surface area
- 63.2 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 3
- Formal charge
- 0
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Sodium metasilicate is the chemical substance with formula Na 2SiO 3, which is the main component of commercial sodium silicate solutions. It is an ionic compound consisting of sodium cations Na and the polymeric metasilicate anions [–SiO 3–]n. It is a colorless crystalline hygroscopic and deliquescent solid, soluble in water (giving an alkaline solution) but not in alcohols.
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