Silicon-29 NMR evidence of alkoxy substituted aqueous silicate anions

Abstract

Silicon-29 NMR provides the first direct evidence for the presence of stable alkoxy substituted silicate anions in aqueous alkaline silicate solutions to which aliphatic mono- or poly-hydroxy alcohols have been added.

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