calculation from literature values with standard SSA and SSD at ionic strength of 1M, log K for Aerosil in brackets for Cabosil content »Si-O<1-> + NH4<1+> = »Si-O-NH4 logK = 11.5(11.1) »Si-OH = »Si-O<1-> + H<1+> pK2 = -logK = 7.0 sum »Si-OH + NH4<1+> = »Si-O-NH4 + H<1+> logK = 11.5(11.1) -7 = 4.5(4.1)