Research Article

Remediation of Methyl Red Dye from Aqueous Solutions by Using Biosorbents Developed from Floral Waste

Table 2

FT-IR peak assignments of MGP and RPP along with previous work done.

PeaksFunctional groupAttributionsReferences

1735C=O, (in all plants)Stretching vibrations (SV)[33, 62]
2851–2850 cm−1 and 2920–2919 cm−1AlkanesSV of C–H.[33, 62]
3403.65–3421.19 cm−1O-H, of the carboxylic groupSV[33, 62]
3409.63–3416.57 cm−1Alcohol and phenol compound of O–H vibration[33, 62]
3404.97–3414.65 cm−1N–H of amidesSymmetric and asymmetric vibrations[33, 47, 61]
1297.74–1243.96 cm−1 and 1056–1054 cm−1C–N of aliphatic aminesSV[47, 61]
1413.29–1419.33 cm−1C–C of the aromatic ringSV[33, 47, 66]
1337–1441 cm−1C–H of alkanes groupBending and rock vibration[33, 47, 60]
1,526 and 1,528 cm-1COO and C=O groups[47, 61]
571-605 cm-1Aromatic compoundsBending modes[47]