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  <version>1.0</version>
  <creation_date>2010-04-08 22:10:39 UTC</creation_date>
  <update_date>2025-11-18 23:43:35 UTC</update_date>
  <accession>FDB013329</accession>
  <name>Magnesium silicate (Mg2SiO4)</name>
  <description>Anticaking and coating agent</description>
  <synonyms>
    <synonym>Dimagnesium silicate</synonym>
    <synonym>E553a</synonym>
    <synonym>Magnesium orthosilicate</synonym>
    <synonym>Magnesium silicate?</synonym>
    <synonym>Mg2SiO4</synonym>
  </synonyms>
  <chemical_formula>Mg2O4Si</chemical_formula>
  <average_molecular_weight>140.693</average_molecular_weight>
  <monisotopic_moleculate_weight>139.926668817</monisotopic_moleculate_weight>
  <iupac_name>dimagnesium(2+) ion silicate</iupac_name>
  <traditional_iupac>dimagnesium(2+) ion orthosilicate</traditional_iupac>
  <cas_registry_number>10034-94-3</cas_registry_number>
  <smiles>[Mg++].[Mg++].[O-][Si]([O-])([O-])[O-]</smiles>
  <inchi>InChI=1S/2Mg.O4Si/c;;1-5(2,3)4/q2*+2;-4</inchi>
  <inchikey>HCWCAKKEBCNQJP-UHFFFAOYSA-N</inchikey>
  <taxonomy>
    <description> belongs to the class of inorganic compounds known as alkaline earth metal silicates. These are inorganic compounds in which the largest oxoanion is silicate, and in which the heaviest atom not in an oxoanion is an alkaline earth metal.</description>
    <direct_parent>Alkaline earth metal silicates</direct_parent>
    <kingdom>Inorganic compounds</kingdom>
    <super_class>Mixed metal/non-metal compounds</super_class>
    <class>Alkaline earth metal oxoanionic compounds</class>
    <sub_class>Alkaline earth metal silicates</sub_class>
    <molecular_framework/>
    <alternative_parents>
      <alternative_parent>Inorganic oxides</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Inorganic salts</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Metalloid salts</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Miscellaneous silicates</alternative_parent>
    </alternative_parents>
    <substituents>
      <substituent>Alkaline earth metal silicate</substituent>
      <substituent>Inorganic metalloid salt</substituent>
      <substituent>Inorganic oxide</substituent>
      <substituent>Inorganic salt</substituent>
      <substituent>Silicate</substituent>
    </substituents>
    <external_descriptors>
    </external_descriptors>
  </taxonomy>
  <state/>
  <predicted_properties>
  </predicted_properties>
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    <property>
      <kind>melting_point</kind>
      <value>Mp 1910°</value>
    </property>
  </experimental_properties>
  <property>
    <kind>logp</kind>
    <value>-2.6</value>
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  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>pka_strongest_acidic</kind>
    <value>9.82</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>pka_strongest_basic</kind>
    <value>-4.8</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>iupac</kind>
    <value>dimagnesium(2+) ion silicate</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>average_mass</kind>
    <value>140.693</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>mono_mass</kind>
    <value>139.926668817</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>smiles</kind>
    <value>[Mg++].[Mg++].[O-][Si]([O-])([O-])[O-]</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>formula</kind>
    <value>Mg2O4Si</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>inchi</kind>
    <value>InChI=1S/2Mg.O4Si/c;;1-5(2,3)4/q2*+2;-4</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
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    <kind>inchikey</kind>
    <value>HCWCAKKEBCNQJP-UHFFFAOYSA-N</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
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    <kind>polar_surface_area</kind>
    <value>92.24</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
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    <kind>refractivity</kind>
    <value>5.77</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
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    <kind>polarizability</kind>
    <value>5.14</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
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    <kind>rotatable_bond_count</kind>
    <value>0</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>acceptor_count</kind>
    <value>4</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>donor_count</kind>
    <value>0</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>physiological_charge</kind>
    <value>0</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>formal_charge</kind>
    <value>0</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
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