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Sodium Silicate is used to control the pH of the finished product. Sodium Silicate, Sodium Metasilicate and Potassium Silicate are also used to prevent the corrosion (rust) of metallic materials used in cosmetic packaging.
Of course silica gel is also used as a desiccating agent. To draw an analogy with its use in HPLC and column chromatography, silica gel purifies air by adsorbing moisture. It can also bind volatile organic vapors such as acetone or ethanol. SiO2 is cheap, easy to manufacture and high quality electrical insulator.