Database/Anticorrosive/Sodium Silicate
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Sodium Silicate natural?

Yes. Both silica and sodium are natural-origin minerals under ISO 16128, regardless of the industrial fusion process used to combine them.

INCI nameSodium Silicate
CAS1344-09-8
FormulaNa2O3Si · 122.063 Da
FunctionAnticorrosive · Buffering
FeedstockManufactured by fusing natural silica sand with sodium…

How we scored it

Mineral sodium silicate (silica + sodium, both natural-origin minerals) = 1.0.
What counts. ISO 16128-2 scores the atoms that remain in the final ingredient. Reagents, solvents, catalysts and protecting groups used during manufacture leave no mass behind and are not counted.

Where it comes from

Manufactured by fusing natural silica sand with sodium carbonate at high temperature. No alternative petrochemical route exists; both starting minerals are natural.

In plain English

A mineral compound used to buffer pH and prevent corrosion in formulas. It's made by fusing sand with soda ash, both mineral, natural-origin materials.

Structure

2D structure of Sodium Silicate

disodium;dioxido(oxo)silane

PubChem CID 23266 ↗

References

  1. 1ISO 16128-1:2016 and ISO 16128-2:2017 — Guidelines on technical definitions and criteria for natural and organic cosmetic ingredients and products. ISO, Geneva.
  2. 2Sodium Silicate. PubChem CID 23266. National Center for Biotechnology Information. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov ↗
  3. 3SODIUM SILICATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  4. 4SODIUM SILICATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=SODIUM%20SILICATE