Polymerisation of the silicate anion in acidic solutions. Gelation and trimethylsilylation 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. 727-728
https://doi.org/10.1039/c39800000727

Abstract

Trimethylsilylation studies on silicic acid solutions, produced by hydrolysis of tetramethoxysilane, show that gel time is independent of the rate of disappearance of monomeric silicic acid.

Keywords

POLYMERISATION
SILICIC
HYDROLYSIS
MONOMERIC
TETRAMETHOXYSILANE
GELATION
TRIMETHYLSILYLATION
SILICATE ANION