Abstract
The silicate structures are based on the cation silicon, which has a coordination number of 4 so that each silicon ion is surrounded by a tetrahedron of four oxygen ions (Pauling’s first rule). This is represented in both perspective view and cutaway view in Figure 10-1.
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Phillips, G.C. (1991). Silicate Structures. In: A Concise Introduction to Ceramics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6973-8_10
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