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Potassium silicate

SiO2_K2O A compound existing in two forms, solution and solid (glass); as a solution, it is colourless to turgid in water, and is used in paints and coatings, as an arc-electrode binder and catalyst and in detergents; as a solid, it is colourless and water-soluble solid, and is used in glass manufacture and for dyeing and bleaching.

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