# Silica sand and Sodium silicate

Silica sand is a raw material for sodium silicate.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/silica-sand-and-sodium-silicate/

[Silica sand](https://www.materialinsights.org/commodities/industrial_sand/) (commodity) and [Sodium silicate](https://www.materialinsights.org/chemicals/sodium_silicate/) (chemical): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Feedstock

*Physical flow · Direct · Silica sand → Sodium silicate*

Sodium silicate is made from silica sand: it is one of the raw materials its production routes start from.

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