Structured Summary
Abstract
Transparent, tasteless crystals found in nature as agate, amethyst, chalcedony, cristobalite, flint, sand, QUARTZ, and tridymite. The compound is insoluble in water or acids except hydrofluoric acid.
Chemical Identity
Chemical Information
- Molecular Formula
- O2Si
- Molecular Weight
- 60.084 g/mol
- CAS Registry No.
- 7631-86-9
- IUPAC Name
- dioxosilane
- InChIKey
- VYPSYNLAJGMNEJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- SMILES
- O=[Si]=O
- MeSH Unique ID
- D012822
- Source
- PubChem CID 24261
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Synonyms
11 entry terms
- Cristobalite
- Silica
- Tridymite
- Dioxide, Silicon
- Aerosil
- Aerosil 380
- Quso G-32
- Quso G32
- 380, Aerosil
- G32, Quso
- Quso G 32
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24 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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Indexing Annotation
note entry term: do not confuse with SILICON; TN 172: differentiation among silic- terms; see MeSH definition for names of common forms of silicon dioxide
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History Note
94; was SILICA 1963-93
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Silicon Dioxide. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012822. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012822
- Silicon Dioxide. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_dioxide
- Silicon Dioxide. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116269
- Silicon Dioxide. In: PubChem Compound. CID 24261. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/24261