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Orthosilicate

Orthosilicate

See also: orthosilicate

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Noun

Orthosilicate n

  1. plural of Orthosilicat

orthosilicate

orthosilicate

See also: Orthosilicate

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Noun

orthosilicate (plural orthosilicates)

  1. (inorganic chemistry) any salt or ester of orthosilicic acid, (M+)4SiO44 or Si(OR)4
  2. (mineralogy) any silicate mineral, such as garnet or olivine, in which the SiO4tetrahedra do not share oxygen atoms with each other

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