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• n  a salt or ester derived from silicic acid

• One common method is to drain the car's oil and flood the engine with sodium silicate, or liquid glass.
• There they heard Professor-Doktor Wilhelm Eitel, physical-chemist, director of the silicate research, speak of "one of the most sensational discoveries of the decade.
• They turned it over to Chris Stanley, a mineralogist at London's Natural History Museum, who discovered that it had the same chemistry sodium lithium boron silicate hydroxide .

News & Articles

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• Women Who Regularly Use Talcum Powder At Increased Risk for Ovarian Cancer
  Talcum powder, which is used in baby powder and other makeup products, has been linked to an increased risk of ovarian cancer. Talc is made of hydrated magnesium silicate and is sold globally for personal hygiene use. But many have speculated that the mineral promotes certain disease, like cancers of the ovaries and lungs. A new Science World Report confirmed that women who regularly use talcum ...
  June 20, 2013 - Opposing Views