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(Reaffirmed 2011)
IS 381:1995
( Reaffirmed 1999 )

(Reaffirmed 2010)

(Reaffirmed 2016)
(Reaffirmed 2021)
(Reaffirmed 2009)
( PUTT ~ebJT )
(Reaffirmed 2015)

Indian Standard (Reaffirmed 2008)

(Reaffirmed 2014)
SODIUM SILICATE-SPECIFICATION
(Reaffirmed 2007)
(Second Revision )
(Reaffirmed 2013)
First Reprint FEBRUARY 1998

(Reaffirmed 2006)

UDC 661-833-652 (Reaffirmed 2012)

(Reaffirmed 2005)

(Reaffirmed 2011)

(Reaffirmed 2010)

(Reaffirmed 2009)

(Reaffirmed 2008)

(Reaffirmed 2007)

(Reaffirmed 2006)

69 BIS 1995
(Reaffirmed 2005)

BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS

MANAK BHAVAN, 9 BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR MARG
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July 1995 Price Group 3

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General Inorganic Chemicals Sectional Committee, CHD 003

FOREWORD

This Indian Standard ( Second Revision ) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards, after the
draft finalized by the General Inorganic Chemicals Sectional Committee had been approved by the
Chemical Division Council.
This standard was originally published in 1952 and revised in 1972, incorporating requirements of
sodium silicate for use in textile, soap, cement, adhesives, and pharmaceutical industries. In the
present version, additional requirements of chloride and sulphate contents have been incorporated for
neutral sodium silicate in liquid form, suitable for use in pharmaceutical and toilet preparations. The
methods of test for all the requirements have been modified which are now being covered in IS 14212 :
1995.
Sodium silicates of certain ratios are also used for application to concrete floors to harden them, for
preserving eggs, for making dustless concrete floors and for protecting pervious building materials
against the effects of moisture.
The composition of the committee responsible for the formulation of this standard is given in Annex B.
For the purpose of deciding whether a particular requirement of this standard is complied with, the final
value, observed or calculated, expressing the result of a test or analysis, shall be rounded off in
accordance with IS 2 : 1960 ‘Rules for rounding off numerical values ( Tevised )‘. The number of signi-
ficant places retained in the rounded off value should be the same as that of the specified value in this
standard.
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Indian Standard
SODIUM SILICATE& SPECIFICATION
f Second Revision )
1 SCOPE To meet the special requirements, the particle
size shall be as agreed to between the purchaser
1.1 This standard prescribes requirements and and the supplier.
method of sampling for sodium silicate, in solid
and liquid forms, for use in various industries. 5.2 The material shall also comply with the
requirements given in Table i when teeted
2 REFERENCES according to the methods prescribed in
IS 14212 : 1995. Reference to the relevant
2.1 The following Indian Standards are necess- clauses of IS 14212 : 1995 is given in co1 10 of
ary adjunct to this standard: Table 1.
IS No. Title
6 PACKING AND MARRING
4905 : 1968 Methods for random sampling
6.1 Packing
14212 : 1995 Methods of test for sodium and
potassium silicates The material shall be packed in air-tight mild
steel drums of capacity as agreed to between
3 GRADES the purchaser and the supplier.
3.1 Both the solid as well as the liquid forms 6.2 Marking
of sodium silicate shall be of the following two
grades: Each package shall be legibly and indelibly
marked with the following information:
a) Neutral, and
a) Name and grade of the material,
b) Alkaline.
b) Indication of the source of manufacture,
4 TYPES
c) Gross and net mass of the material,
4.1 Liquid, neutral sodium silicate shall be of
the following two types: d) Year of manufacture, and

a) Type 1 For use in pharmaceutical and e) Lot number to enable the batch of
toilet ,preparations, and manufacture to be traced from the
records.
b) Type 2 For use as adhesive and other
purposes. 6.2.1 BIS Certification Marking
4.2 Liquid, alkaline sodium silicate shall be of The packages may also be marked with the
the following three types: Standard Mark.
a) Type 1 I 6.2.1.1 The use of the Standard Mark is
! For-use in Foap, detergent, governed by the provisions of Bureau of Indian
b) Type 2 t textile, pIeldmg electrode and Standards Act, 1986 and the Rules and Regula-
cement industries. tions made thereunder. The details of condi-
c) Type 3 j tions under which .the licence for the use of
5 REQUIREMENTS Standard Mark may be granted to manufacturer,
or producers may be obtained from the Bureau
5.1 Description of Indian Standards,
The material shall be clear, free from dirt and
other visible impurities. 7 SAMPLING

5.1.1 Sodium silicate, liquid shall be thick, 7.1 The method of drawing representative
viscid, translucent mass of water, white or samples of the material, number of tests to be
slightly grey colour. performed and the method of determining the
criteria of conformity of the material to the
5.1.2 Sodium silicate, solid shall be in the form requirements of this specification shall be as
of glassy lumps of pale grev or green colour. prescribed in Annex A.

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Table 1 Requirements for Sodium Silicate

( Clause 5.2 )

81 No. Characteristic Reqairemeats for Method of Test

____-__--h-__ ___--7 [ Ref to Cl Co
Liquid Solid IS 14212 : 1995 1
__--__-h- -W-P- __-A--_ _
Neutral Alkaline ’ ‘Neutral Alkaline

T;G -*--y
1 Type 2 ?yTefType h---_T
2 Type 3
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
i) Matter insoiuble in 0’1 0’2 0’2 0’2 0’2 4’0 1’5 A-3
water, percent by
mass, Max
ii) Relative density at 1’39 - 1’39 - 1’69- 1’54 - 1‘34 - - - A-5
27127% 1’41 1’41 1’71 1’56 1’36
iii) Total soluble sili- 38 38 54 48 30 95 98 A-7 or A-12
cates, percent by
mass, Min
iv) Ratio of total al- 1:3’2 1:3’2 1:2’0 1:2’0 1:2.0 1:3’2 1;2’0 A-9
kalinity (as NarO) f 0’1 f 0’1 f 0’1 + 0’1 f 0’1 f 0’1 f 0’1
to total soluble
silica ( as SiOa )
(NarO : SiOt )
v) Loss in mass on - - - - - 1’0 0’5 A-10
ignition, percent
by mass, Max
vi) Iron as (Fe), per- 0’005 0’02 0’02 0’02 0’02 0’04 0’04 A-11
cent by mass.
Max

vii) Viscosity at 20°C 200 - - - - - - - A-12

500
viii) Chloride (as 0’25 - - - - - - A-14
NaCI), percent
by mass, Max
ix) Sulphate (as 0’2 - - - - - - A-15
NarS04), percent
by mass, Max

ANNEX A
(Clause 7.1 )

METHOD OF SAMPLING OF SODIUM SILICATE

A-1 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS A-1.4 Each sample container, after filling,

shall be sealed air-tight and marked with full
A-1.0 In drawing, preparing, storing and hand- details of sampling.
ling samples, the following precautions and
directions shall be observed. A-2 SCALE OF S AMPI,ING

A-l.1 Precautions shall he taken to protect the A-2*1 Lot

samples, sampling instruments and the con-
tainers for samples from contamination.
A-l.2 The material shall be thoroughly
before drawing the sample.
A-1.3 The samples shall be placed in suitable,
clean and dry cont;:iners with proper closures.
All the containers in a single consignment of
the material of one grade drawn from a single
batch of manufacture shall constitute a lot. If
mixed
a consignment is declared or known to consist
of different grades or batches or manufacture,
the containers shall be suitably separated and
grouped to form lots as defined above.

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A-2.1.1 Samples shall be tested from each lot A-3.1.3 Out of each individual samples, a small
for ascertaining conformity of the material to but equal quantity shall be taken out and mixed
the requirements of the specification. up together thoroughly so as to form a com-
posite sample, weighing about 300 g. In case
A-2.2 The number (n) of containers to be sieving is necessary, the portions from indivi-
chosen from a lot shall depend on the size of dual sample shall be sieved separately and the
the lot (N) and shall be in accordance with composite sample shall be prepared only out of
co1 1 and 2 of Table 2. the sieved material. This composite sample
A-2.3 The drums to be selected for sampling shall be divided into three equal parts, one for
shall be chosen at random, preferably with the the purchaser, another for the snpplier and the
third to be used as referee sample.
aid of random number tables. In order to
ensure randomness of selection, the procedure A-3.2 Referee Sample
grven in IS 4905 : 1968 may be followed.
The referee sample shall consist of the compo-
Table 2 Number of Drums to be Selected
site sample ( see A-3.1.3 ) and a set of individual
( Clause A-2.2 ) test samples ( see A-3.1.2 ) marked for this
purpose and shall bear the seals of the pur-
Lot Size Numbers$Dyus to be chaser and the supplier. These shall be kept at
a place agreed to between the purchaser and
N the supplier and shall be used in the case of
(1) ,i, dispute between the two.
up to 10 3
A-4 NUMBER OF TESTS
11 ,f 20 5
21 ,, 30 7 A-4.1 Tests for total soluble silicates and the
31 I, 50 10 ratio for total alkalinity to total soluble silica
51 and above 15 shall be carried out on any three individual
samples, selected at random out of those pre-
A-3 TEST SAMPLES AND REFEREE pared according to A-3.1.2. The same samples
SAMPLES shall be used for both the tests.
A -3.1 Preparation of Test Samples A-4.2 Tests for all other characteristics shall
be carried out on the composite sample.
A-3.1.1 Draw with an appropriate sampling
instrument a small portion of sodium silicate A-5 CRITERIA FOR CONFORMITY
( solid ) from different parts of each drum
A-5.1 For those characteristics which have
selected for sampling according to A-2, after been tested on the individual test sample ( see
mixing thoroughly the contents of the drum
A-4.1 ), all the test results on each of the indi-
and then allowing the liquid to come to rest.
vidual samples shall satisfy the corresponding
The total quantity of the material drawn from
requirements given in Table 1, if the lot is to
each selected drum shall be approximately
be deemed to conform to those requirements.
500 g. In the case of liquid, the sample weighing
approximately 300 g shall be withdrawn after A-S.2 For the remaining characteristics pres-
mixing the content of the drum thoroughly and cribed in Table 1, the test results on the com-
allowing the liquid to come to rest. posite sample shall meet the corresponding
speci6ed requirements.
A-3.1.2 Transfer the portions collected from
each drum to separate sample containers. These A-5.3 The lot shall be declared as conforming
filled containers are termed as individual to the requirements of the specification
samples. if A-5.1 and A-5.2 are satisfied.

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COMMITTEE COMPOSITION
General Inorganic Chemicals Sectional Committee, CHD 003

Cbdhd8 R+rcsdng
D* M. S. VAll?YA The Dhsrsmsi MOrsrji Cbemicsl CO Ltd, Ambesttstb

Saax R. S. VYAS (Ahnate to

Dr M. S. Vaidya )
SHBI B. M. AGEAWA~ Central Glass and Ceramics Research Inst&ute, CaIcu~s
‘DB S. K. ROY ( Allsrsatr )
pB A. N. BEAT Hindustsn Lever Ltd, Bombay
DB S. N. K. C~A~JDHAEI ( Altrruk )
Dp N. RAW BHU~HAN Bharat Electronics Ltd, Bangalore
DB R. M. BEATI~AQAB Projects and Development India Ltd, Sindri
SBSI R. M. CVBSETJI The hociated Cement Companies Ltd, Bombay
SHBI C. H. PAOE ( Al&matc )
Snnr A. K. DAWVPTA Deepak Nitriee Ltd, Vadodars
Surtx D. P. GUPTA (dl~aeti )
SHEI A; K. DAS Indian Oxygen Ltd, Calcutta
SEBI P. R. DI~AI Sarabhai M. Chemicala, Vadodara
DB A. N. SONI ( Altemstr )
Sanr 8. K. DIWAN Federation of Associations of Small Industries of India, New Delhi
DlBsOrOB ( CHHV ) Development Commissioner ( SSI ), New Delhi
Sarr R. MIJKEOPADEYAY ( Alkmak )
DE P. Cl. G~PTA Indian Chemicals Manufacturers’ Association, Calcutta
S-r S. Cl. GVLATI Oil and Natural Gas Commission, Debra Dun
DB S. H. IQBAL National Chemical Laboratory, Pune
DB C. GOPINA*BAN ( Al- )
DB MOED ZA~AB JAYIL Indian Iustitute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad
Soar P. JOYKVYAEAN Directorate General of Supplies and Duporals, New Delhi
SEBI N. K. KAVUHAL ( Ali~~rUrr )
Sast P. MA%UYDAB National Test House, Calcutta
SHBI B. M. SOOD ( Altms& )
SEEI A. K. MBHBA Shriram Fooda and Fertilizers Industries, New Delhi
SRBI S. L. D~WABI ( Alknak )
PBO~ P. NATARAJAN Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar
DR 0. K. SIUVA~TAVA ( Alkmak )
SHEI T. c. PATBL Tata Chemicals Ltd, Bombay
DE K. C. PAFHAK ( Al~salr )
SHH~ P. G. PRADHAN Golden Chemicals Ltd, Bombay
SHBI P. I. BEA~AP ( Alf~~te 1
SEBI G. M. RAO Indian Bureau of Mines, Nagpur
SEW S. R. BEAISABE ( Alkmuk )
Da S. S. RATHI Ministry of Defeoce ( DGQA )
SEBI P. DAS ( Allmtak )
DB S. K. KAPOOB Ministry of Defence ( R & D )
Dg R. K. SETHI ( Altnnak )
SHBI C. R. SANTFIANAKRISENAN Travaocore Chemicals & MTg Co Ltd, Mettur Dam
SHRI K. V. MANI ( Altnnak )
SHBI R. c. SHARY.4 Directorate General of Technical Development, New Delhi
SHBI A. K. CHATTERJEE ( Altmmfr )
Smu L. B. SHRIVASTAVA Shriram Iustittue for Industrial Research, Delhi
SHRI V. K. VICR~A ( Alkrmak )
Saar v. B. SON1 Union Carbide of India Ltd, Bombay
SHBI V. K. CHAKBAWA~TP ( Alkrnak )
SHBI YUDHISTRIR Geological Survey of India, Calcutta
DR K. N. MATEVR ( Altos@ )
DE R. K. SINOB, Director General, BIS ( Ex_odlLio Menbrr )
Director ( Chem )

hf:mbor S8crdary
DR R. K. JBA
Deputy Director ( Chem ), BIS

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Composition of Minerals for Chemicals and Allied Industries

Subcommittee, CHD 003 : 04

Conoens? Rejrcsrnting
SHUI V. B. SONI Electrolytic Mangane Company, Division of Union Carbide of
Indian Ltd, Thane

SERI A. K. CEAKRAVARTI ( Altsrnatr to Electrolytic Mangane Company, Division of Union Carbide of

Shri V. B. Soni ) India Ltd,,Thane
SHRI B. H. PATEL Deepak NitrIte Ltd, Vadodara
SERI H. K. SHAH ‘( Altanate )
REPBE.~ENTAT~vE Development Commissioner, Small Scale Industries, New Delhi
REPRESENTATIVE Geological Survey of India, Calcutta
SHHI S. S. SINQEANIA Indian Council of Small Industries, Calcutta
SHRI B. L. KANOUIA ( Alternate )
DR P. G. PRADHAN Golden Chemicals Pvt Ltd, Bombay
Sanr P. I. B~A~AT CAlternate )
DR H. 6 SHAH . 3 K Chemicals Company, Thane
SHHIMATI K. H. Saaa ( Alternate)
DR R. M. BEATNAQAR Projects and Development India Ltd, Sindri
SERI B. MUKEERJEE ( Alternate )
SHRI S. BALASUBRAYANIAN Tamil Nadu Chemicals Products Ltd, Madras
SHRI K. SU~HAMANIAN ( Alternate )
SRRI P. C. GOPIXATIXAN The Travancore-Cmbin Chemicals Ltd, Udyogamandal
SHRIK. NAMBOOTHIRI ( Alternate )
SRRI S. K. BAR AT Waldies Ltd, Calcutta
SHRI S. BANERJEE (Alternate)

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