What does water glass mean?
Water glass means Sodium silicate..
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Sodium silicate..
a cheaper process for fire-proofing canvas, consisting of the deposition in the fiber of a double sodium and lead silicate. Boiling solutions of basic lead acetate and of waterglass were used.
Waterglass (Silicate of Soda) Cement. By combining waterglass with cement or quicklime a double silicate, hard as stone and resisting chemical agents, is formed in a short time.
A fly ash material used in a study (by Xie and Xi) contained a high fraction of reactive oxides which reacted significantly with a waterglass (Na₂SiO₃) activator, leading to a high strength within a short time and under relatively lower temperatures
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Water glass means Sodium silicate..
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a cheaper process for fire-proofing canvas, consisting of the deposition in the fiber of a double sodium and lead silicate. Boiling solutions of basic lead acetate and of waterglass were used.
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