class 11 chemistry Notes Silicates Binary compounds of silicon with oxygen are called silicates but they contain other metals also in their structures. (i) Since the electronegativity difference between O & Si is about 1.7, so Si–O bond can be considered 50% ionic & 50% covalent. (ii) If we calculate the radius ratio then,r Si 4+ /r O 2- = 0.29 It suggests that the coordination number of silicon must be 4 and from VBT point of view we can say that Si is sp 3 hybridized. Therefore silicate structures must be based upon SiO 4 4– tetrahedral units. (iii) SiO 4 4– tetrahedral units may exist as discrete units or may polymerise into larger units by sharing corners. ...
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