Two Si precursors, inorganic (sodium silicate) and organic (tetraethoxy silane), were used to synthe-size magnesium silicate (MgSil) nanomaterials. The effect exerted by the nature of Si precursors on themorphology and structural properties of the samples was studied by chemical analyses, X-ray diffrac-tion, HRTEM, FTIR spectroscopy, XPS, N2adsorption, solid-state NMR spectroscopy and TPD of CO2 and NH3 techniques. The characterization results ... Read more