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DETERMINATION OF SILANOL NUMBER ON SILICA-GEL PARTICLES BY DEUTERIUM EXCHANGE AND INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY.

ALFRED A. CHRISTY, Department of Chemistry, Agder University College, Serviceboks 422, Kristiansand, Norway.

Silanol number in silica gel particles have been determined by analysing the composition of the H-O-D and D-O-D mixture formed by exchanging hydrogen from silanol groups with D2O. Multivariate data calibration was used in determining the composition from a calibration model. The BET surface area and the number of hydrogen atoms determined were used in determining the silanol number.