Research Article

Effects of Methane Fermentation on Spectral Properties of Fulvic Acid Extracted from Peat through Liquid Acid Precipitation

Table 2

Infrared peak position comparison.

Peak positionFunctional groupAbsorption type

3700∼3200 cm−1Hydroxyl (-OH)Stretching vibration
2960 ± 10 cm−1Methyl (-CH3)Antisymmetric stretching vibration
2925 ± 5 cm−1Methylene (-CH2-)Antisymmetric stretching vibration
2400∼2300 cm−1Instrument background peak
1900∼1630 cm−1Carbonyl (-C=O)Stretching vibration
1620∼1450 cm−1On benzene ring C=CStretching vibration
1300∼1000 cm−1Alcohol, phenol, ether (C-O)Stretching vibration