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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 February 2011
Properties specific to silica—siloxane mixtures are analysed and discussed. The effect of polymer adsorption is interpreted from the Gaussian statistics of chains: the amount of adsorbed polymer Qr is proportional to the square root of the chain molecular weight. The kinetics of adsorption is described as a process of surface saturation. It is discussed as a function of the silica concentration. The effect of swelling of the mixtures is interpreted within the statistical framework proposed by Flory for ordinary gels.