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Definition of Bisilicate

Bisilicate
Bisilicate Bi*sil"i*cate, n. (Min. Chem.) A salt of metasilicic acid; -- so called because the ratio of the oxygen of the silica to the oxygen of the base is as two to one. The bisilicates include many of the most common and important minerals.

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- Mineralogy Eighth Edition, Wiley Alexandre Brongniart, « Sur la Bustamite, Bisilicate de manganèse et de chaux du Mexique », Annales des sciences naturelles...
- Na2O=0.29 Al2O3=0.15 SiO2=2.77 SnO2=0.23 A more recent recipe is: Lead bisilicate frit: 74% China clay: 10% Whiting: 2% Flint, calcined: 4% Tin oxide: 10%...