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Orthosilicate vs Neosilicate - What's the difference?

orthosilicate | neosilicate |

In chemistry terms the difference between orthosilicate and neosilicate

is that orthosilicate is any salt or ester of orthosilicic acid, (M+)4SiO44− or Si(OR)4neosilicate is any simple silicate mineral in which the SiO4 tetrahedra are isolated and have metal ions as neighbours.

orthosilicate

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Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia orthosilicate)
  • (chemistry) any salt or ester of orthosilicic acid, (M+)4Si]][[oxygen, O44− or Si(OR)4
  • (mineralogy) any silicate mineral, such as garnet or olivine, in which the SiO4 tetrahedra do not share oxygen atoms with each other

    • neosilicate

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    Noun

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  • (chemistry) any simple silicate mineral in which the SiO4 tetrahedra are isolated and have metal ions as neighbours