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Bismuth silicon oxide

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Formula
  
Bi12SiO20

Density
  
9.2 g/cm³

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Bismuth silicon oxide is a solid inorganic compound of bismuth, silicon and oxygen. Its most common chemical formula is Bi12SiO20, though other compositions are also known. It occurs naturally as the mineral sillénite and can be produced synthetically, by heating a mixture of bismuth and silicon oxides. Centimeter-sized single crystals of Bi12SiO20 can be grown by the Czochralski process from the molten phase. They exhibit piezoelectric, electro-optic, elasto-optic and photoconductive properties, and therefore have potential applications in spatial light modulators, acoustic delay lines and hologram recording equipment.

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