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Fate of fluorosilicate drinking water additives

August 2002 | Chemical Reviews | Urbansky ET. | 102(8):2837-54.
V. Conclusions and Unresolved Issues There is considerable debate over the composition and even the existence of some homo- and heteroleptic aquo-, fluoro-, and hydroxo complexes of silicon-(IV), which makes it impossible to predict what species might be found in real potable water supplies that are fluoridated or those that naturally contain fluoride and silicates as background ions. The only agreement seems to be that hexafluorosilicate does not undergo cumulative, consecutive displacements o