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inorganic compounds
The title compound, Ca2NaF(SiO4), can be regarded as the sodium-rich end member of a series of solid-solution compounds related to tricalcium silicate (Ca3SiO5 or Ca2SiO4.CaO). The chemical formula of the series may be represented as Ca2SiO4.(CaO)1 - x.(NaF)x and the title compound has x close to 1. The structure of the title compound is closely related to that of tricalcium silicate and other related compounds.