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Observation of major bands seen in infrared spectra of 26 phyllosilicates (23 of which were produced in the laboratory) are reported for wave numbers from 50 to 280 cm−1. Substitutions in the various structural sites (interlayer, tetrahedral and octahedral) permit one to identify the ions which contribute to the vibrations which give rise to bands in the infrared spectra. No attempt is made to assign vibrational modes or specific vibrational types. Using the following ion substitutions, OH-OD; Na-K-Sr-Mg-Ca; Si-Ge; Al-Ga; Mg-Co-Ni-Fe, it is apparent that in the 7 Å chlorite (amesite and chrysotile), kaolinite, pyrophyllite, aluminous dioctahedral mica, aluminous smectites and trioctahedral micas it is not possible to attribute any low frequency bands as being dominated by interlayer ion stretch vibrations (alkali ions). The cations which participate in the vibrators responsible for the dominant modes observed then seem to be Si and Al. This does not exclude the existence of interlayer ion stretch modes in these spectral regions, however they could not be identified. In the materials studied only a few bands can be attributed to hydroxyl-related vibrations and little influence is seen for octahedrally coordinated ions in dioctahedral minerals. It is important to note that the lowest frequency bands (80–140 cm−1) are apparently dominated by vibrations in the network and especially to the Si-O part of the structure. Low frequency bands are however most apparent in charged layer structures, i.e. micas and smectites.
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Velde, B., Couty, R. Far infrared spectra of hydrous layer silicates. Phys Chem Minerals 12, 347–352 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00654345
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00654345