The reaction is balanced from the start.
Na2CO3 + SiO2 --> Na2SiO3 + CO2
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Si+CO2 ---------> SiC+SiO2
Most likely not. Silicate minerals contain silicon in combination with oxygen. However, silicon itself is considered a non-silicate mineral, composed entirely of the element silicon; without the oxygen, however, it IS a non-silicate mineral.
Silicate minerals are those composed of silicon and oxygen atoms. Some of these minerals are quartz, feldspar, mica and olivine.
Quartz is not a salt; it is silicon dioxide, SiO2.
No. A carbonate ion consists of carbon and oxygen. A silicate ion consists of silicon and oxygen.
SiO2 is a covalent network compound known as Silicon dioxide.
Agate is a variety of silicon dioxide (SiO2); it is not a silicate.
Carbonate minerals contain carbon and oxygen in the form of the carbonate ion (CO3-), whereas silicate minerals contain silicon and oxygen in the form of various ions containing silicon and oxygen.
The typical glass (a sodium and calcium silicate) result from the melting of silicon dioxide, sodium carbonate and calcium carbonate; sodium carbonate ia a chemical reactant here but also help to reduce the melting point of SiO2.
Basically, silicate is (SiO2)n.SiO32- so the other element is Oxygen (remark: compare silicate with carbonate CO32- )
Agate is a variety of silicon dioxide (SiO2); it is not a silicate.
No, because in order to be a silicate a mineral needs to have both silicon and oxygen. The composition for calcite is CaCO3. Calcite is a carbonate mineral.
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Si+CO2 ---------> SiC+SiO2
No. Quartz is silicon dioxide. Calcium carbonate can form either calcite or aragonite.