SILICATED

Adjective

silicated (not comparable)

(inorganic chemistry) Containing silicate or silica

Anagrams

• deistical

Source: Wiktionary


Sil"i*ca`ted, a. (Chem.)

Definition: Combined or impregnated with silicon or silica; as, silicated hydrogen; silicated rocks. Silicated soap, a hard soap containing silicate of soda.

SILICATE

Sil"i*cate, n.Etym: [Cf. F. silicate.] (Chem.)

Definition: A salt of silicic acid.

Note: In mineralogical chemistry the silicates include; the unisilicates or orthosilicates, salts of orthosilicic acid; the bisilicates or metasilicates, salts of metasilicic acid; the polysilicates or acid silicates, salts of the polysilicic acids; the basic silicates or subsilicates, in which the equivalent of base is greater than would be required to neutralize the acid; and the hydrous silicates, including the zeolites and many hydrated decomposition products.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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