Review Article

A Review on Infrared Spectroscopy of Borate Glasses with Effects of Different Additives

Table 6

Assignment of infrared bands in the spectra.

Peak Positions (cm−1)IR AssignmentsReferences

3600–3750OH group[70, 71]
3200–3500Molecular water[70, 71, 7779]
2700–3000Hydrogen bonding[36]
1200–1750Asymmetric stretching relaxation of B–O bonds of trigonal BO3 units
Detailed Classification of group 1200–1750
~1480Asymmetric stretching modes of borate triangles BO3 units[5759, 64, 7476, 80, 81]
~1345Presence of pyroborate, orthoborate groups containing
1200–1300B–O bond stretching vibrations and B–O bridging between B3O6 and BO3 triangles
~1235Asymmetric stretching vibrations of B–O bonds from orthoborate groups
700–1200Composite of two silicate chains and borate phases
Detailed Classification of groups 700–1200
~1015Pentaborate group
992B–O–M, M means metal ion
~965B–O–B linkages
950–1050 Stretching vibrations of B–O–Si linkage[38, 39, 49, 60, 63, 67, 68, 8288]
~875Stretching vibrations of tetrahedral units
816–833Diborate linkage, B–O–B networks
~815Si–O–Si network
806Boroxol rings
760BO3–O–BO4 bond-bending vibrations
700Bending of B–O–B linkage
~694Combined vibrations of BO4 and PbO4 groups[8385]
680B–O–B bond-bending vibrations from pentaborate group or bending vibrations of BO3 triangles[80]
~616Bending of O–B–O[89]
<600Pb2+, Zn2+, Mn2+, Bi3+, Li+, and Ba2+ or any metallic cations[55, 80, 9097]