sodium silicate

noun Chemistry.

any of several clear, white, or greenish water-soluble compounds of formulas varying in ratio from Na2O⋅3.75SiO2 to 2Na2O⋅SiO2: used chiefly in dyeing, printing, and fireproofing textiles and in the manufacture of paper products and cement.
Also called liquid glass, water glass.

Words nearby sodium silicate

sodium polysulfide, sodium propionate, sodium pump, sodium pyroborate, sodium salicylate, sodium silicate, sodium sulfate, sodium sulfide, sodium sulfite, sodium sulphate, sodium tetraborate

British Dictionary definitions for liquid glass

sodium silicate

noun

Also called: soluble glass a substance having the general formula, Na 2 O. x SiO 2, where x varies between 3 and 5, existing as an amorphous powder or present in a usually viscous aqueous solution See water glass (def. 1)
any sodium salt of orthosilicic acid or metasilicic acid