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. 2020 Mar 2;13(5):1100. doi: 10.3390/ma13051100

Table 3.

FTIR band assignments for montmorillonite clay.

Wavenumber (cm−1) Assignments
3697 O–H stretching
3623 O–H stretching
3440 O–H stretching, hydration
1639 O–H bending, hydration
1113 Si–O stretching, out-of-plane
1035 Si−O stretching, in-plane
915 AlAlOH bending
793 Tridymite (platy forms)
692 SiO2 (Quartz)
529 Si–O bending