Silica

Key Stage 4

Meaning

A diagram of the structure of silica.

Silica is made of Silicon and Oxygen atoms in a lattice forming a giant covalent structure.

References

AQA

Silica, page 76, GCSE Chemistry; Student Book, Collins, AQA

OCR

Silica, pages 62, 63, 209, Gateway GCSE Chemistry, Oxford, OCR