Investigations of the Infrared spectra of crystalline and amorphous silica particles of different sizes (0.05, 5, 10, 15, 30, 45, and 260 pm) In the range of 400-4000 cm"1 using Fourier transform Infrared/photoacoustlc spectroscopy are reported. The change In the Intensity / of the signal with porosity < of powders follows the e/(1 -e) dependence for strong bands and e dependence for weaker bands as predicted by the theory of McGovern et al. For strong bands, / also follows the empirical relation / ~D~n, where D Is the particle diameter In cm and = 0.34-0.42. The anomalous positive frequency dependence of I on the modulation frequency f observed for the stronger bands In the 45-µ and 260-µ particles Is believed to result from saturation. Some observations on the effect of changing the background from (carbon black) powder to pellet are also made.