silicic acid
Chemistry term for a family of silicon-oxygen-hydrogen compounds.
Silicic acid is poorly soluble in water.
Colloquial use; in strict chemistry, silica is 二酸化ケイ素, but ケイ酸 is often used loosely for silica gel or silica in everyday contexts.
See also: 二酸化ケイ素
Silica is used as a desiccant.
borosilicic acid
metasilicic acid
silicon dioxide; silica; anhydrous silicic acid
orthosilicic acid
aluminosilicate
sodium silicate
borosilicate glass
hexafluorosilicic acid
Standard modern spelling using katakana for the element name.
Traditional kanji spelling; still seen in older texts.
Search-only mixed kana-kanji form.
From ケイ (silicon) + 酸 (acid). The kanji 珪 and 硅 are older or variant characters for silicon.