As nouns the difference between silicate and allophane
is that silicate is any salt of silica or of one of the silicic acids; any mineral composed of silicates while allophane is an amorphous hydrous aluminium silicate clay mineral.
silicate
Noun
(
en noun)
(chemistry) Any salt of silica or of one of the silicic acids; any mineral composed of silicates
Derived terms
* aluminio-silicate
* aluminium silicate, aluminum silicate
* aluminomagnesian silicate
* aluminosilicate
* bismuth silicate
* borosilicate
* borophosphosilicate
* calcium magnesium silicate
* cerous silicate
* cyclosilicate
* disilicate
* fluosilicate
* inosilicate
* magnesium aluminium silicate, magnesium aluminum silicate
* magnesium silicate
* metasilicate
* neosilicate
* orthosilicate
* phosphosilicate
* phyllosilicate
* pyrosilicate
* silicate board
* silicate cotton
* silicate paint
* sodium silicate
* sorosilicate
* subsilicate
* tectosilicate
* titano-silicate
* tungstosilicate
Related terms
* silica
* silicon
Anagrams
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allophane
Noun
(mineral) An amorphous hydrous aluminium silicate clay mineral.
