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This chapter gives an overview of how infrared and Raman spectroscopy have helped in gaining a better understanding of the behaviour of hydroxyl groups in the kaolin group minerals kaolinite, dickite, nacrite and halloysite. Since the first infrared spectra were obtained some 70 years ago with very limited distinction of bands the development of in particular the Fourier-Transform methodology in both Infrared and Raman spectroscopy and the advancements in laser technology a much better distinction of the hydroxyl bands has become possible. Though the interpretation of the different bands remains still some matter of debate, the advances in molecular modelling of the crystal structures of the different minerals has resulted in a much better understanding of the Infrared (both Mid- and Near-Infrared) and Raman spectra of the kaolin minerals.
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Kloprogge, J.(. (2019). The Kaolin Group: Hydroxyl Groups. In: Spectroscopic Methods in the Study of Kaolin Minerals and Their Modifications. Springer Mineralogy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02373-7_3
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