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The internal pore structure of a series of porous silica glasses has been investigated using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). Longitudinal and transverse relaxation of protons in deionized water confined to the pores of the samples has been measured and interpreted to provide pore size distributions. Two sets of leached, phase-separated porous glasses were used: the first nominally bimodal, the second with a more uniform pore space with pore sizes varying from 32 to 1350 Å. Our results provide a stringent test of NMR relaxation as a method for pore size analysis. NMR relaxation experiments were performed on one sample as a function of the amount of water imbibed confirming the validity of the theoretical model used to interpret the magnetic resonance data.
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