Research Article

Effect of Sintering Temperature on Structural and Morphological Properties of Europium (III) Oxide Doped Willemite

Table 2

FTIR transmission features and respective assignment for Eu2O3 doped willemite sintered at various temperatures and different weight percentages.

Wavenumber
(cm−1)
Assignment

400–500Eu2O3 vibration
459Si–O symmetric stretching vibration in SiO4 units
576Zn–O symmetric stretching vibration in ZnO4 units
615Zn–O asymmetric stretching vibration in ZnO4 units
697Si–O bond vibration
865Si–O symmetric stretching vibration
901–932–978Si–O asymmetric stretching vibration