Sodium Silicate Ceramic Fiber

Because sodium silicate is sticky and dries hard it can be used as a glue to bind ceramic particles together even aggregates.
Sodium silicate ceramic fiber. Us3988161a us05 473 664 us47366474a us3988161a us 3988161 a us3988161 a us 3988161a us 47366474 a us47366474 a us 47366474a us 3988161 a us3988161 a us 3988161a authority us united states prior art keywords foamed sodium silicate ceramic heat aluminum hydroxide prior art date 1973 05 28 legal status the legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. This liquid compound can be used as a glue a homemade refractory floor sealer preserving eggs and many ot. Sodium silicate is a generic name for chemical compounds with the formula na 2x si y o 2y x or na 2 o x sio 2 y such as sodium metasilicate na 2 sio 3 sodium orthosilicate na 4 sio 4 and sodium pyrosilicate na 6 si 2 o 7 the anions are often polymeric these compounds are generally colorless transparent solids or white powders and soluble in water in various amounts. Mixtures of sodium silicate and perlite for example can be rammed into molds to form shapes that dry with zero shrinkage and have excellent insulating properties.
To achieve the minimum water content in the final product a sodium silicate solution grade 079 has been selected as the base liquid for the biocomposites and its most important physico. In this video i attempt to make sodium silicate.