What absorbs at 3463 cm⁻¹ in an FTIR spectrum?

Quick answer

A band near 3463 cm⁻¹ is usually interpreted by checking which functional groups repeatedly co-occur there in the literature, then confirming at least one or two additional peaks in the same sample. This page ranks those assignments by accumulated evidence rather than by a single fixed textbook rule.

Possíveis atribuições de grupos funcionais

A classificação reflete a evidência acumulada da literatura, não uma única regra autoritária. Sempre confirme com o contexto da sua amostra.

Possible materials

Materials are shown only when the same literature pool supports this band and at least one additional characteristic peak.

Spectrum logic

This band becomes meaningful only when read with its neighboring peaks. In practice, analysts first look at the assignments above, then check whether the same sample also shows other peaks expected for the same structural motif. A lone band near 3463 cm⁻¹ is usually not enough for material identification by itself.

Real-world usage

This type of query is common in polymer identification, unknown plastic screening, QC troubleshooting, recycled-material verification, and literature-backed peak assignment review.

Common mistakes

• Treating one isolated band as proof of a material without checking at least one or two supporting peaks.
• Ignoring overlap: multiple functional groups can contribute near the same wavenumber.
• Skipping validation when additives, blends, oxidation, or contamination may distort the spectrum.

Verification advice

When ambiguity remains, validate the hypothesis with DSC, GC-MS, or TGA, especially for blends, degraded samples, and filled polymers.

Literatura por trás destas atribuições

• Hydroxyl (O-H) confiança 1,0

  “The broad band that appear at 3463 corresponding to O-H stretching could be attributed to the 17 presence of moisture in the sample [9].”

  Mohammed 等 - 2018 - Effect of heat-treatment on the magnetic and optic DOI: 10.1088/2053-1591/aad1e5
• Water (H2O) confiança 1,0

  “cm-1 Absorption peak centered at 3463 and 1636 are attributed to stretching and bending vibration of H 2O 40 caused by adsorbed water or humidity which shows that the surface of the samples contain active O-H groups 41 [39].”

  Rekaby 等 - 2020 - Influence of cobalt addition and calcination tempe DOI: 10.1088/2053-1591/ab65de
• Hydroxyl (O-H) confiança 1,0

  “For the spectrum of PEG, the spectral band appeared at 3463 for cm-1 cm-1 O-H stretching vibrations, 2889 for C-H stretching vibrations, and 1469 and 1342 for C-H cm-1 bending vibrations.”

  Green Synthesis and Characterization of Silver/Chitosan/Polyethylene Glycol Nanocomposites DOI: 10.3390/ijms12084872
• Hydroxyl (O-H) confiança 1,0

  “Alternatively, the environment around Thr118 in MB is similar cm-1, to rhodopsin because of a similar O-H vibrational frequency at 3463 which originates from Thr118 that is exhibited in the unphotolized state (Figure S7).”

  Spectral Tuning Mechanism of Primate Blue-sensitive Visual Pigment Elucidated by FTIR Spectroscopy DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-05177-4
• confiança 1,0

  “The bending vibration around 3463.08 1641 corresponds to N-H.”

  Kawish 等 - 2020 - Enhancement in Oral Absorption of Ceftriaxone by H DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12060492
• Hydroxyl (O-H) confiança 1,0

  “In the spectrum of chitosan (Figure cm-1 where is crystal size, k is constant (0.94), nm 3(b)), the broad peak at 3463 is due to the -OH/-NH 𝜆 = 0.154 𝐷 2 cm-1 represents the wavelength of X-ray radiation, β is the full width stretching vib”

  Nhu Thanh Nguyen 等 - 2020 - In Situ Synthesis and Characterization of ZnOChit DOI: 10.1155/2020/3892694
• Water (H2O) confiança 1,0

  “The broad peak at 3463 cm-1 was the stretching stretching modes of OH/NH of the organic matrix or the adsorbed water molecules as modes of OH/NH of the organic matrix or the adsorbed water molecules as reported [56-”

  Wilson 和 Pampadykandathil - 2023 - Novel Bone Void Filling Cement Compositions Based DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering10070752