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320 px, Idealized structure of sodium metasilicate.
Metasilicates are silicates containing ions of empirical formula . Common stoichiometries include MSiO3 and MIISiO3. Metasilicates can be cyclic, usually the hexamer or chains .
Common compounds containing metasilicate anion are:
* Inosilicates
* Metasilicic acid (hydrogen metasilicate)
* Sodium metasilicate
* Calcium metasilicate
References
Silicon oxyanions {{Inorganic-compound-stub