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Na2SiO3 🔥→ Na2O + SiO2

Decomposition of sodium metasilicate yields sodium oxide and silicon dioxide (Other reactions are here). This reaction is an acid-base reaction and is classified as follows:

Table of contents
  1. 1Reaction data
  2. 2Thermodynamic changes
  3. 3References
  4. 4Related reactions
  5. 5Related categories

Reaction data

Chemical equation

General equation

Thermal decomposition without redox
Thermally decomposable substanceLewis conjugate
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ProductLewis acid + ProductLewis base

Oxidation state of each atom

Decomposition of sodium metasilicate

Reactants

Chemical formulaNameCoefficientTypeType in general
equation
Na2SiO3Sodium metasilicate1
Lewis conjugate
Thermally decomposable
Oxoacid salt
Salt of oxoacid and hydroxide base

Products

Chemical formulaNameCoefficientTypeType in general
equation
Na2OSodium oxide1
Lewis acid
Lewis base
Basic oxide
SiO2Silicon dioxide1
Lewis acid
Acidic oxide

Thermodynamic changes

Changes in standard condition (1)

Decomposition of sodium metasilicate
ΔrG230.70 kJ/mol
K0.38 × 10−40
pK40.42
Na2SiO3Crystalline solid
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Na2OCrystalline solid + SiO2Crystalline solidα-quartz
Standard enthalpy
of reaction
ΔrH°
kJ · mol−1
Standard
Gibbs energy
of reaction
ΔrG°
kJ · mol−1
Standard entropy
of reaction
ΔrS°
J · K−1 · mol−1
Standard heat
capacity of reaction
at constant pressure
ΔrCp°
J · K−1 · mol−1
per 1 mol of
Equation
229.74230.703.05
229.74230.703.05
per 1 mol of
229.74230.703.05
per 1 mol of
229.74230.703.05

Changes in standard condition (2)

Decomposition of sodium metasilicate
ΔrG231.91 kJ/mol
K0.24 × 10−40
pK40.63
Na2SiO3Crystalline solid
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Na2OCrystalline solid + SiO2Crystalline solidα-cristobalite
Standard enthalpy
of reaction
ΔrH°
kJ · mol−1
Standard
Gibbs energy
of reaction
ΔrG°
kJ · mol−1
Standard entropy
of reaction
ΔrS°
J · K−1 · mol−1
Standard heat
capacity of reaction
at constant pressure
ΔrCp°
J · K−1 · mol−1
per 1 mol of
Equation
231.20231.913.89
231.20231.913.89
per 1 mol of
231.20231.913.89
per 1 mol of
231.20231.913.89

Changes in standard condition (3)

Decomposition of sodium metasilicate
ΔrG232.08 kJ/mol
K0.22 × 10−40
pK40.66
Na2SiO3Crystalline solid
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Na2OCrystalline solid + SiO2Crystalline solidα-tridymite
Standard enthalpy
of reaction
ΔrH°
kJ · mol−1
Standard
Gibbs energy
of reaction
ΔrG°
kJ · mol−1
Standard entropy
of reaction
ΔrS°
J · K−1 · mol−1
Standard heat
capacity of reaction
at constant pressure
ΔrCp°
J · K−1 · mol−1
per 1 mol of
Equation
231.62232.084.7
231.62232.084.7
per 1 mol of
231.62232.084.7
per 1 mol of
231.62232.084.7

Changes in standard condition (4)

Decomposition of sodium metasilicate
ΔrG236.64 kJ/mol
K0.35 × 10−41
pK41.46
Na2SiO3Crystalline solid
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Na2OCrystalline solid + SiO2Amorphous solid
Standard enthalpy
of reaction
ΔrH°
kJ · mol−1
Standard
Gibbs energy
of reaction
ΔrG°
kJ · mol−1
Standard entropy
of reaction
ΔrS°
J · K−1 · mol−1
Standard heat
capacity of reaction
at constant pressure
ΔrCp°
J · K−1 · mol−1
per 1 mol of
Equation
237.19236.648.1
237.19236.648.1
per 1 mol of
237.19236.648.1
per 1 mol of
237.19236.648.1

Changes in aqueous solution

Decomposition of sodium metasilicate
Na2SiO3Aqueous solution
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Na2OCrystalline solid + SiO2Un-ionized aqueous solution
Standard enthalpy
of reaction
ΔrH°
kJ · mol−1
Standard
Gibbs energy
of reaction
ΔrG°
kJ · mol−1
Standard entropy
of reaction
ΔrS°
J · K−1 · mol−1
Standard heat
capacity of reaction
at constant pressure
ΔrCp°
J · K−1 · mol−1
per 1 mol of
Equation
275.0
275.0
per 1 mol of
275.0
per 1 mol of
275.0

Thermodynamic data of reactants

Chemical formulaStandard enthalpy
of formation
ΔfH°
kJ · mol−1
Standard Gibbs
energy of
formation
ΔfG°
kJ · mol−1
Standard
molar entropy
S°
J · K−1 · mol−1
Standard molar
heat capacity at
constant pressure
Cp°
J · K−1 · mol−1
Na2SiO3 (cr)-1554.90[1]-1462.80[1]113.85[1]
Na2SiO3 (vit)-1540.1[1]
Na2SiO3 (aq)-1586.2[1]
Na2SiO3 (cr)
5 hydrate
-3048.5[1]
Na2SiO3 (cr)
9 hydrate
-4228.8[1]
* (cr):Crystalline solid, (vit):Vitreous liquid, (aq):Aqueous solution

Thermodynamic data of products

Chemical formulaStandard enthalpy
of formation
ΔfH°
kJ · mol−1
Standard Gibbs
energy of
formation
ΔfG°
kJ · mol−1
Standard
molar entropy
S°
J · K−1 · mol−1
Standard molar
heat capacity at
constant pressure
Cp°
J · K−1 · mol−1
Na2O (cr)-414.22[1]-375.46[1]75.06[1]69.12[1]
Na2O (g)-35.6[1]-52.3[1]261.2[1]55.2[1]
SiO2 (cr)
α-quartz
-910.94[1]-856.64[1]41.84[1]44.43[1]
SiO2 (cr)
α-cristobalite
-909.48[1]-855.43[1]42.68[1]44.18[1]
SiO2 (cr)
α-tridymite
-909.06[1]-855.26[1]43.5[1]44.60[1]
SiO2 (am)-903.49[1]-850.70[1]46.9[1]44.4[1]
SiO2 (g)-322[1]
SiO2 (ao)-897.0[1]
* (cr):Crystalline solid, (g):Gas, (am):Amorphous solid, (ao):Un-ionized aqueous solution

References

List of references

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