Here is a brief look at how precipitated silica is made: Step 1: Precipitation. Sodium silicate solution (water glass) and mineral acid are reacted in an agitated vessel to produce a slurry of amorphous silica particles.
An intensive property is a physical quantity whose value does not depend on the amount of the substance for which it is measured. For example, the temperature of a system in thermal equilibrium is the same as the temperature of any part of it.
[C14: from Latin intensus stretched, from intendere to stretch out; see intend]. Usage: Intense is sometimes wrongly used where intensive is meant: the land is under intensive (not intense) cultivation. Intensely is sometimes wrongly used where intently is meant: he listened intently (not intensely). (ÉªnËtÉns). adj.