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Silicon dioxide, also known as silica, is an oxide of silicon with the chemical formula SiO 2, commonly found in nature as quartz. [5] [6] In many parts of the world, silica is the major constituent of sand. Silica is one of the most complex and abundant families of materials, existing as a compound of several minerals and as a synthetic product.
Silicon monoxide is the chemical compound with the formula SiO where silicon is present in the oxidation state +2. In the vapour phase, it is a diatomic molecule. [1] It has been detected in stellar objects [2] and has been described as the most common oxide of silicon in the universe.
Silicon oxide may refer to either of the following: Silicon dioxide or quartz, SiO 2, very well characterized; Silicon monoxide, SiO, not very well characterized
Aluminium silicate is a type of fibrous material made of aluminium oxide and silicon dioxide, (such materials are also called aluminosilicate fibres). These are glassy solid solutions rather than chemical compounds. The compositions are often described in terms of % weight of alumina, Al 2 O 3 and silica, SiO 2. Temperature resistance increases ...
Silicon oxynitride is a ceramic material with the chemical formula SiO x N y.While in amorphous forms its composition can continuously vary between SiO 2 and Si 3 N 4 (silicon nitride), the only known intermediate crystalline phase is Si 2 N 2 O. [2] It is found in nature as the rare mineral sinoite in some meteorites and can be synthesized in the laboratory.
Silicon nitride is a chemical compound of the elements silicon and nitrogen. Si 3 N 4 (Trisilicon tetranitride) is the most thermodynamically stable and commercially important of the silicon nitrides, [6] and the term ″Silicon nitride″ commonly refers to this specific composition.
Hydrated silica is a form of silicon dioxide, which has a variable amount of water in the formula. When dissolved in water, it is usually known as silicic acid . It is found in nature as opal [ 2 ] (which has been mined as a gemstone for centuries), and in the cell walls of diatoms .
In most silicate minerals, silicon is tetrahedral, being surrounded by four oxides. The coordination number of the oxides is variable except when it bridges two silicon centers, in which case the oxide has a coordination number of two. Some silicon centers may be replaced by atoms of other elements, still bound to the four corner oxygen corners.