By
studying
1H
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29Sicro
ss-polarization dynamic
s of two untreated and two "dry"
silicagel
sample
s (oneevacuated at 25
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surface
silanol
s on the two untreated
silica
sare hydrogen bonded, either to the hydroxyl group
s of adjacent
silanol(
s) or to water molecule(
s). About 46%and47% of the geminal
silanol
s and 53% and 58% of the
single
silanol
sthat were hydrogen bonded only to water in thetwo untreated
silica
s become non-hydrogen bonded on the two "dry"
silica
surface
s, but the remainder of the
silanol
sof the untreated
silica
s (i.e., tho
se hydrogen bonded to other
silanol
s) remain hydrogen bonded to other
silanol
supon drying. The ratio of the number of hydrogen-bonding
single
silanol
s to the number of hydrogen-bondinggeminal
silanol
s i
s 17-to-1 for a Fi
sher
silica
surface evacuated at 25
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silica
surfaceevacuated at 200
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se re
sult
s can be explained in term
s ofa generalized
silica
surface model ba
sed on the
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stobalite cry
stal
structure.