Aluminium-27 MAS NMR investigations of sodium aluminates formed from high pH solutions: evidence of a complex polymer containing both four- and six-coordinate aluminium
Abstract
Aluminium-27 MAS NMR studies of sodium aluminates and aluminium hydroxides (OH/AI = 5.3–3.9) formed through varying degrees of acid hydrolysis have revealed four-and-six coordinate aluminium species, suggesting the formation of complex polyoxoanion and/or polymeric intermediates in alkaline solution.