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Definition of Fluosilicate

1. Noun. Salt of fluosilicic acid.

Definition of Fluosilicate

1. n. A double fluoride of silicon and some other (usually basic) element or radical, regarded as a salt of fluosilicic acid; -- called also silicofluoride.

Definition of Fluosilicate

1. Noun. (inorganic chemistry) The anion SiF₆^2- derived from fluosilicic acid; any salt containing this anion ¹

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Medical Definition of Fluosilicate

1. A double fluoride of silicon and some other (usually basic) element or radical, regarded as a salt of fluosilicic acid. Synonym: silicofluoride. Origin: Cf. F. Fluosilicate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Fluosilicate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Chemical Solubilities: Inorganic by Arthur Messinger Comey, Dorothy Anna Hahn (1921)
"Uranyl fluosilicate. Very si. sol. in acids. (Berzelius.) Sol. in alcohol. ... Yttrium fluosilicate. Insol. in pure, sol. in acidified H.'J (Berzelius. ..."

2. Select Methods in Chemical Analysis: (chiefly Inorganic) by William Crookes (1886)
"The presence of sodium and magnesium salts does not interfere, but calcium salts should be previously eliminated. Precipitation of Potassium as fluosilicate ..."

3. Select Methods in Chemical Analysis. (Chiefly Inorganic). by William Crookes (1871)
"Precipitation of Potassium as fluosilicate. In some cases it is preferable to precipitate the potassium in the form of fluosilicate. ..."

4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1889)
"SODIUM fluosilicate and ... The following experiments were undertaken to determine the germicidal power of sodium fluosilicate, ..."

5. Elements of Optical Mineralogy: An Introduction to Microscopic Petrography by Newton Horace Winchell, Alexander Newton Winchell (1908)
"fluosilicate of potassium, X 400; produced by hydrofluoric acid gas; ... fluosilicate of strontium, X 200, by recrystallization upon an object-glass. Fig. ..."

6. First Outlines of a Dictionary of Solubilities of Chemical Substances by Frank Humphreys Storer (1864)
"fluosilicate OF COBALT. Easily soluble in Co Fl, Si Pi, + 7 Aq water. ... fluosilicate OF PLATINUM. Decomposed Pt Flj, Si Vlj by water to a soluble acid and ..."

7. The Mineral Industry by Richard Pennefather Rothwell (1906)
"Electrolytic Refining of Base Bullion in fluosilicate Solution. ... The beneficial effect of gelatine in a fluosilicate solution is thus easily proved ..."

8. The Chemical Gazette, Or, Journal of Practical Chemistry, in All Its by William Francis, Henry Croft (1850)
"But the fluosilicic acid has never been employed in quantitative analysis for the complete separation of potash, because the fluosilicate of potash is only ..."

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