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Name the type of structure of silicate in which one oxygen atom of [SiO4]–4 is shared

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a

3D silicate

b

Sheet silicate

c

Pyrosilicate

d

Linear chain silicates

answer is C.

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the silicates in which only one oxygen atom of [SiO4 ]-4 is shared are known as Pyrosilicates

They  consists of    Si_2O_7^{-6}    units

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In pyro silicates two tetrahedral units are shared by one oxygen atom

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