What absorbs at 977 cm⁻¹ in an FTIR spectrum?

Quick answer

A band near 977 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 977 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

• Acetate confiança 1,0

  “The GO spectrum presents a broad band at 3192 cm-1, corresponding to the O-H stretching vibration, and peaks associated to the C = O (1734 cm-1), C-OH (1399 cm-1), C-O-C (1207 cm-1) and C-O (977 cm-1) vibrations.”

  Joining Caffeic Acid and Hydrothermal Treatment to Produce Environmentally Benign Highly Reduced Graphene Oxide DOI: 10.3390/nano11030732
• Silanol (Si-OH) confiança 1,0

  “The silanol band around 3740 cm-1 and 977 cm-1 decreased in intensity with higher cycle numbers as TMI”

  Synthesis of High Surface Area—Group 13—Metal Oxides via Atomic Layer Deposition on Mesoporous Silica DOI: 10.3390/nano12091458
• Acetate confiança 1,0

  “977 978 cm-1 The absorptions in the region between 1200 and 1000 are indicative of C-O-C 417 979 980”

  The affiliation of Hexasterias problematica and Halodinium verrucatum sp. nov. to ciliate cysts based on molecular phylogeny and cyst wall composition DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2018.09.002
• confiança 1,0

  “Other peaks, ascribed to vibrations from the structure of tobermorite, are at about 1052 cm-1 (νasSi-O-Si), 997 cm-1 (νSi-O-), 977 cm-1”

  Phase Composition of Silica Fume—Portland Cement Systems Formed under Hydrothermal Curing Evaluated by FTIR, XRD, and TGA DOI: 10.3390/ma14112786
• confiança 1,0

  “crystalline β phase, where the intensities increase after doping Ag NWs into PVDF, while the intensities cm-1, of the absorption peaks at 977, 796 and 762 which are attributed to the crystalline α phase, drop after doping Ag NWs into PVDF.”

  Sensitivity of Pressure Sensors Enhanced by Doping Silver Nanowires DOI: 10.3390/s140609889
• Nucleic acid confiança 1,0

  “The spectrum groups associated with the stretching bands, 43of YAP-KD were associated with positive scores on the phosphodiester bonds from the nucleic acid, and PO 977cm-1 1000cm-1 score plot (PC1) and presented as a negative loading of ph”

  Lorthongpanich 等 - 2019 - YAP as a key regulator of adipo-osteogenic differe DOI: 10.1186/s13287-019-1494-4
• Silicon-oxygen (Si-O) confiança 1,0

  “4 4 900, 930 and 977 cm-1 as asymmetric stretching of SiO4 as shown in Table 2.”

  Phase Transformation, Optical and Emission Performance of Zinc Silicate Glass-Ceramics Phosphor Derived from the ZnO–B2O3–SLS Glass System DOI: 10.3390/app10144940
• confiança 1,0

  “15, the peak at 977 cm-1 to 1176 was due to asymmetric and symmetric tetrahecm-1 dral of SiO or stretch vibration of Al 2O 3, whereas 977 In conclusion, the compressive strength of silicon manwas due to vibration bending of Si-O-Si [71].”

  Effect of Chemical Treatment on Silicon Manganese: Its Morphological, Elemental and Spectral Properties and Its Usage in Concrete DOI: 10.1007/s12633-021-01569-4