Sodium metasilicate - Wikipedia
Structure. For example, the commercially available sodium silicate pentahydrate Na 2 SiO 3 ·5H 2 O is formulated as Na 2 SiO 2 (OH) 2 ·4H 2 O, and the nonahydrate Na 2 SiO 3 ·9H 2 O is formulated as Na 2 SiO 2 (OH) 2 ·8H 2 O. The pentahydrate and nonahydrate forms have their own CAS Numbers, 10213-79-3 and 13517-24-3 respectively.