metasilicic acid
Chemistry
noun
An oxoacid of silicon obtained by partial dehydration of orthosilicic acid and having the general formula H2SiO3, now believed not to exist in a monomeric state but to contain long-chain polyanions.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Henry Watts (1815–1884), chemist.
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