write a short note on silicones and silicates
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Silicon is a chemical element occurring free in the nature and classified as second most abundant element after oxygen in the periodic table. It's a metalloid having properties of both metal and non metal.
Silicate is any of the large number of minerals formed with the mixture of silicon with oxygen in the anion, constitute and one or more other elements.the largest class of minerals and are used in building materials like cement,bricks and glass.
Silicate is any of the large number of minerals formed with the mixture of silicon with oxygen in the anion, constitute and one or more other elements.the largest class of minerals and are used in building materials like cement,bricks and glass.
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Silicate minerals are the most common of Earth's minerals and include quartz, feldspar, mica, amphibole, pyroxene, and olivine. Silica tetrahedra, made up of silicon and oxygen, form chains, sheets, and frameworks, and bond with other cations to form silicateminerals.
Silicon is an element with the atomic number 14 and represented by the symbol Si in the Periodic Table. ... Silica and silicates are the most abundant compounds on the earth’s crust(around 95%). ... Silicon dioxide is covalent in nature and is attached to four oxygen atoms tetrahedrally.
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