The general qualities of sodium silicate solutions which have caused over 800,000,000 pounds of them to be used in 1947 as industrial adhesives have been reviewed with reference to recent studies and available data. The effect of the ratio of sodium oxide to silicon dioxide and water content on colloidal, rheological, reactivity, and strength properties is emphasized. Study of the viscosity change in drying
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