Über den Anionenaufbau wäßriger Tetra-n-propyl- und Tetraethylammoniumsilicatlösungen

On the Anion Constitutions of Aqueous Tetra-n-propylammonium and Tetraethylammonnium Silicate Solutions The constitution of the silicate anions present in 0.1 M to 3 M tetrapropylammonium-(TPA-) and tetraethylammonium-(TEA-)silicate solutions with molar TPA/Si ratios of 3, 1 and 0.6 and TEA/Si ratios of 3 and 1 is investigated by means of trimethylsilylation. Up to 16 different oligomeric silicate anions are detected and estimated quantitively. Type and quantitative dis-tribution of the silicate anions are very similar in diluted 0.1 M TEA- and TPA-silicate solutions. Concentrated TEA-silicate solutions contain preferably Si₆O₁₅^6? anions whereas concentrated TPA-silicate solutions are characterized by a broad distribution of different oligomeric silicate anions. The anion distribution of TPA- and TEA -silicate solutions is compared with the results of tetramethyl- and tetrabutylammonium silicate solutions studied previously.