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OAS datatype Detail for silica
| datatypes_id: | 624 |
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| Term: | silica |
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| Compare to: | silicate |
| Definition: | An SiO2 framework that does not contain other structural units is electrically neutral. There are at least nine different ways in which such a framework can be built. These modes of geometrical arrangement correspond to nine known polymorphs of SiO2. |
| Citation: | Cornelis Klein, The 22nd edition of the manual of Mineral Science (Wiley, United States), p. 475. |
| Deprecated: | false |
| Metadata version: | 0 |
| Keydate: | 2011-01-27 17:35:16+00 |
| Editdate: | 2011-01-27 17:35:16+00 |