Table 2.

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy absorption bands for bone and their functional groups.

Wave Number (cm−1)	Assignments	References
560, 600	v4${\text{PO}}_4^{3-}$	34,35
870	v2${\text{CO}}_3^{2-}$	34,39
960	v1${\text{PO}}_4^{3-}$	40,41
1012	v3${\text{PO}}_4^{3-}$	34
1240	Amide III	42,43
1410	v3${\text{CO}}_3^{2-}$	34,35,44
1555	Amide II	45
1634	Amide I	45
2850	CH2 symmetric stretch	35
2930	CH2 antisymmetric stretch	34,35
3070	Amide B	46
3278	Amide A	34,39
3407, 3420	vOH, vNH	35