Chemistry, asked by oxfordriskllc3337, 1 year ago

What is basic building block of silicate

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Answered by sejuu

The basic building block of all silicate minerals is the [SiO4]4− tetrahedron. There are four covalent Si−O bonds. Each oxygen atom forms one vertex of the tetrahedron. The silicon to oxygen atom ratio is 1:4.

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