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Differing effects of particle size and shape in the infrared and Raman spectra of kaolinite

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2018

V. C. Farmer
V. C. Farmer*
Affiliation:
Soil Science Group, Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen AB15 8QH, UK
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Abstract

Infrared (IR) spectra of well-ordered kaolinites generally show four OH-stretching frequencies, near 3697, 3670, 3652 and 3620 cm-1. Raman spectra of the same kaolinites mostly show an additional band near 3686 cm-1, which, in the coarsely crystalline Keokuk kaolinite, largely replaces the 3695 cm-1 band. It is shown that the 3686 cm-1 band can be ascribed to a transverse optical crystal vibration involving the in-phase stretching vibration of the three inner-surface hydroxyl groups in the unit-cell. Raman exciting radiation, commonly of wavelength near 500 nm, can excite this crystal vibration in crystals of comparable and greater thickness.

Infrared studies are usually made on clay-size (<2 μm) particles, which have mean thicknesses of 30-150 nm. Infrared radiation of wavelength near 2.7 <m can only excite whole crystal vibrations perpendicular to the plates. The in-phase vibration of inner-surface OH groups in the whole-crystal mode lies at 3697 cm-1, which is the same frequency as that of the longitudinal optical mode in macroscopic crystals.

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Research Article
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Clay Minerals , Volume 33 , Issue 4 , December 1998 , pp. 601 - 604
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1998

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