Polymerisation of the silicate anion in acidic solutions: silicon-29 n.m.r. studies

1 January 1980

journal article
research article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications

No. 15,p. 726-727
https://doi.org/10.1039/c39800000726

Abstract

Silicon-29 n.m.r. spectra show that the rate of polymerisation of silicic acid produced from the hydrolysis of tetramethoxysilane is remarkably slow in the pH range 3·5–4·0 at –10 °C.

Keywords

SPECTRA
REMARKABLY
HYDROLYSIS
TETRAMETHOXYSILANE
N.M.R
SILICON
POLYMERISATION
SILICATE ANION

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