Sodium MetaSilicate is also called water glass or soluble glass, is any one of several compounds containing sodium oxide, Na2O, and silica, Si2O, or a mixture of sodium silicates varying ratios of SiO2 to Na2O, solids contents, and viscosity. Sodium MetaSilicate is manufactured by Sai Chem.
Sai Chem manufactures and exports dyes intermediates used in pharmaceutical, pesticides, dyes, plastics, heat & treat chemicals. The MSDS name of Sodium MetaSilicate is Sodium meta-Silicate pentahydrate. It comes in white coloured odourless free flowing granule form. Sodium MetaSilicate is used in fireproofing mixtures; in laundry, dairy, metal, and floor cleaning; in de-inking recycled paper products in the pulp and paper industry; in washing carbonated drink bottles; in insecticides, fungicides, and antimicrobial compounds; and as a chemical intermediate for silica gel catalysts, an additive in soaps and synthetic detergents, an ingredient in adhesives, a bleaching aid, and a boiler compound. Combined with other salts such as sodium bicarbonate, it can be applied to aluminum as a paint stripper.