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title: "Silicate Data Fields | Definitions"
slug: "silicate-data-fields"
description: "Learn the data inputs and datafile format for silicate when using the water quality solver. "
tags: ["1D river modelling"]
updated: 2022-08-05T06:40:53Z
published: 2022-08-05T06:40:53Z
canonical: "help.floodmodeller.com/silicate-data-fields"
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# Silicate Data Fields

## Data Input

In order to input the required information for this pollutant into the Water Quality model, the user needs to make sure that the Tab Silicate appears in the WQ General Tab (please follow the description on the page [Preparing a Water Quality Datafile](/v1/docs/preparing-a-water-quality-datafile) for this). These are all the steps which are required in terms on the input of data for this pollutant. When the tickbox for Silicate is selected on the General Tab, then the necessary line (as per the Datafile format description below) is automatically inserted into the .con file. Alternatively the necessary information for this pollutant can be typed in the .con file opened in a Textpad editor in the datafile format mentioned below.

## Datafile Format

Line 1 SILICATE

Where:

SILICATE = keyword

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Overview

[Silicate](/v1/docs/silicate)