“…This should not be confused with non-hydrogen-bonded SiOH groups that are also sometimes referred to as "free hydroxyls" in the glass literature (e.g., Scholze, 1959a,b;Wu, 1980). 29 Si magic angle spinning (MAS) and 1 H-29 Si cross-polarization (CP) MAS NMR results on silica and sodium silicate glasses and melts (Farnan et al, 1987;Koller et al, 1990Koller et al, , 1995Kümmerlen et al, 1992;Schaller and Sebald, 1995;Zotov and Keppler, 1998;Robert et al, 2001) have revealed that the glass and melt structures become more depolymerized with water dissolution, suggesting that the formation of SiOH through the rupture of Si-O-Si linkages is a major water dissolution mechanism. The reported 1 H MAS NMR spectra for hydrous silica, and sodium-, barium-, and strontiumsilicate glasses show peaks in the range between 2.7 and 17 ppm that have been attributed to molecular H 2 O and SiOH groups (Kohn et al, 1989a;Kümmerlen et al, 1992;Schaller and Sebald, 1995;Robert et al, 2001).…”