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

Table 4.

Raman band assignments for montmorillonite clay.

3620 cm−1 υ(OH) structural OH groups
1110 cm−1 υ(SiO) asymmetric mode of SiO4 tetrahedron
915 cm−1 δ(OH) bonded with octahedral cations; AlOH; wagging mode
840 cm−1 δ(OH) bonded with octahedral cations; MgAlOH; wagging mode
785 cm−1 δ(OH) bonded with octahedral cations; AlOH; wagging mode
710 cm−1 δ(SiO) symmetric mode (A1) of SiO4 tetrahedron
430 cm−1 δ(OH) libration of OH