Research Article

In Situ Disassembling Behavior of Composite Hydrogels for the Efficient Removal of Crystal Violet Dye from Aqueous Solution

Table 4

Changes observed at FTIR frequencies observed with free hydrogels and ash composites.

Type of frequencyFree hydrogels (cm−1)Black ash composite 
hydrogels (cm−1)
White ash composite 
hydrogels (cm−1)

N–H, O–H bonds [1517]34313424 (intensity increases)3429
C=O stretching vibration in amide groups (amide-I) [1518]163816511643
Bending of N–H bond (amide-II)155815551556
C–N bond (amide-III) 144814521454
Symmetric and asymmetric stretching of –SO21220 and 10381222 and 10391223 and 1037
C=O bond of Carboxyl group [1923]17231728Do not appear
C–O–Si stretchingDo not appearDo not appear1109