“…In view of the capability of the oxygen site of a ketone's carbonyl group to function as a basic site, it is not surprising that hydrogen bonding between acetone and suitable hydrogen-bonding acids is well established. , Hence, the acetone/silica system is a reasonable choice for studying the adsorption of acetone on surfaces containing bound OH groups, with the expectation that the properties of this system will be dominated, at least for a range of compositions, by hydrogen-bonded complexes. Indeed, there are prior published studies, based on a variety of techniques, focusing on the acetone/silica system. − …”