What absorbs at 519 cm⁻¹ in an FTIR spectrum?
A band near 519 cm⁻¹ can point to several functional groups. Below are the most likely assignments, ranked by how much published evidence supports each — every one traceable to literature (DOI) and cross-validated against our 130,000+ reference spectra and knowledge graph.
Backed by 5 cited sources
Possible functional-group assignments
| Functional group | Supporting facts | Cited sources | Top confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silicon-oxygen (Si-O) | 3 | 3 | 1.0 |
| Silicon silicon | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Hydroxyl (O-H) | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Silanol (Si-OH) | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Siloxane (Si-O-Si) | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Metal oxygen | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Alkyl C-H | 1 | 0 | 1.0 |
| Alkene (C=C) | 1 | 0 | 1.0 |
| Hydrogen bond | 1 | 0 | 1.0 |
Ranking reflects accumulated literature evidence, not a single authoritative rule. Always confirm against your sample context.
Literature behind these assignments
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Metal oxygen confidence 1.0
“It is important MO (M asymmetric stretching modes of group = Li, Co, Mn), to note that, use of two straight lines is sufficient to fit the 6 cm-1 whereas the low frequency bands at 519 are assigned conductivity in the whole testing temperat”
Gangadhar 等 - 2018 - Structural and Conductivity Studies of LiCo1-xMnxO DOI: 10.1080/0371750X.2018.1446847 -
Silicon-oxygen (Si-O) confidence 1.0
“(cm-1) ] FTIR bands, Entry Catalysts S�O Si-O Si-O bending Si-OH stretching Si-O-Si Si-OH 519 801”
Nazir 等 - 2020 - Green Synthesis Characterization and Thermotropic DOI: 10.1155/2020/3120657 -
confidence 1.0
“The peaks at 519, 625 and 695 corresponded to cm-1 bound sulphate and iron, as reported in [20].”
Surface Spectroscopy of Pyrite Obtained during Grinding and Its Magnetisation DOI: 10.3390/min12111444 -
confidence 1.0
“Cu2+ showed that the removal of by composite particles not cm-1 The absorption peak near 519 was the bending only included adsorption and chemical precipitation, but vibration absorption peak of Si-O bond, and the absorption also had the sy”
Xiao 等 - 2017 - Adsorption-Coagulation Mechanism of Composites in DOI: 10.15273/gree.2017.02.030 -
Silicon-oxygen (Si-O) confidence 0.8
“Si-O vibration in belite”
FTIR study on early age hydration of carbon nanotubes modified cement-based materials DOI: 10.1680/jadcr.16.00167
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