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Name of the structure of silicates in which three oxygen atoms of [SiO4]4 are shared -


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Pyrosilicate

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Sheet silicate

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Linear chain silicate

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Three dimensional silcate

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Solution

The correct option is B

Sheet silicate


(i) In such silicates, three oxygen atoms of each tetrahedra are shared with adjacent SiO44 tetrahedra.

(ii) such sharing forms two dimensional sheet structure with general formulae (Si2O5)22 as shown below


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