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Calcium silicate (CaSiO 3), a commonly used anti-caking agent, added to e.g. table salt, absorbs both water and oil. Anticaking agents are also used in non-food items such as road salt , [ 3 ] fertilisers , [ 4 ] cosmetics , [ 5 ] [ 6 ] and detergents .
Moisture can cause mold and spoilage in many items. [10] [11] It can also damage electronics by causing condensation and shorten the lifespan of chemicals, like those in vitamins. [citation needed] Silica gel packets help by absorbing moisture and extending the life of these items. [12] [13] [14]
Sodium silicate solutions can also be used as a spin-on adhesive layer to bond glass to glass [21] or a silicon dioxide–covered silicon wafer to one another. [22] Sodium silicate glass-to-glass bonding has the advantage that it is a low-temperature bonding technique, as opposed to fusion bonding. [21]
Calcium silicate (CaSiO 3), a common anti-caking agent added to table salt, absorbs both water and oil. Anticaking agents are also used in non-food items such as road salt , [ 3 ] fertilisers , [ 4 ] cosmetics , [ 5 ] synthetic detergents , [ 6 ] and in manufacturing applications.
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With two shared oxides bound to each silicon, cyclic or polymeric structures can result. The cyclic metasilicate ring Si 6 O 12− 18 is a hexamer of SiO 3 2-. Polymeric silicate anions of can exist also as long chains. In single-chain silicates, which are a type of inosilicate, tetrahedra link to form a chain by sharing two oxygen atoms each.
Although most metal oxides are crystalline solids, many non-metal oxides are molecules. Examples of molecular oxides are carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide. All simple oxides of nitrogen are molecular, e.g., NO, N 2 O, NO 2 and N 2 O 4. Phosphorus pentoxide is a more complex molecular oxide with a deceptive name, the real formula being P 4 O 10.