sodium silicate

noun

, Chemistry.

1. 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

noun

1. Also calledsoluble 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
2. any sodium salt of orthosilicic acid or metasilicic acid

Example Sentences

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

However, Urnex’s Coffee Machine Cleaning Liquid can be used on aluminum, Cohen said, because it contains a corrosion inhibitor, sodium silicate.

From Washington Post

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

From New York Times

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

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

From Wall Street Journal