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Orthosilicate
orthosilicate
orthosilicate
See also: Orthosilicate
English
Noun
orthosilicate (plural orthosilicates)
- (inorganic chemistry) any salt or ester of orthosilicic acid, (M+)4SiO44− or Si(OR)4
- (mineralogy) any silicate mineral, such as garnet or olivine, in which the SiO4tetrahedra do not share oxygen atoms with each other
Hypernyms
- (mineralogy): silicate
Translations
mineral
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References
- orthosilicate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia