Luis RamÃ­rez married Dominga Leyva October 11, 1847 in JesÃºs Nazareno Temple, Ojinaga. She was the daughter of Juan Leyva and Micaela Valdez. Luis and his family lived in Ojinaga until 1859, when they moved to Presidio, Texas, where he was working as a farmer.
sodium metasilicate. noun, Chemistry. 1. a white, granular sodium silicate, Na 2 SiO 3 , soluble in water: used in detergents and in bleaching and cleaning products. Origin of sodium metasilicate. 1925-1930. First recorded in 1925-30; meta- + silicate.
(2002) A. Sodium metasilicate is not a cleaning agent by itself. It is a VERY strong base. The pH of a 1% aqueous solution is about 13. In moist air it is corrosive to metals like zinc, aluminium, tin and lead, forming hydrogen gas. As a strong base, it reacts violently with acids.