Silicates is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for SILICATES in dictionary:

VERB:
• SILICATE, to combine with silica
NOUN:
• a salt in which the anion contains both silicon and oxygen, especially one of the anion SiO₄²⁻.
• a salt in which the anion contains both silicon and oxygen, especially one of the anion SiO₄²⁻.
• any of the many minerals consisting of silica combined with metal oxides, forming a major component of the rocks of the earth's crust.
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• a chemical salt

Words related to SILICATES

silicate10

Words that contain SILICATES

inosilicates14 borosilicates17 metasilicates17 orthosilicates19 phyllosilicates25 aluminosilicates20

How to use SILICATES in a sentence

• Some of the minerals, such as certain silicates and carbonates, dissolve relatively fast, others with extreme slowness.
• To put boilers out of order use explosives or silicates or a plain glass bottle which thrown on the glowing coals hinders the combustion and clogs up the smoke exhausts.
• As a result of the shortage of calcium there is a higher ration of silicates to carbonates than exists on earth.
• This, and many other points in the analysis of silicates, are fully discussed by Dr.
• For the decomposition and determination of insoluble substances, particularly the silicates, carbonate of soda is indispensable.
• Silicates containing copper, if heated in the flame in the platinum forceps, impart a rich green color to the outer flame.
• Many of the silicates give with borax a clear bead, while they form with microcosmic salt an opalescent one.
• The silicates of potassa must exist in pretty large proportion before they can be detected by the violet color of the flame, and those minerals must melt easily at the edges.
• This is the case, likewise, with the silicates of alumina.
• The silicates of the alkalies produce, in a very strong heat, or continued heat, with nitrate of cobalt, a pale blue color.
• The silicates dissolve in soda but partially, and then with effervescence.
• In borax, the silicates of lime and magnesia generally dissolve with considerable ease, but those of alumina slowly and with difficulty.

Similar words containing SILICATE without suffix s

silicate10 silicated12 inosilicate13 borosilicate16 metasilicate16 inosilicates14 borosilicates17 metasilicates17 orthosilicate18 orthosilicates19 phyllosilicate24 aluminosilicate19 phyllosilicates25 aluminosilicates20

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