Research Article

The Influence of a Thermal Treatment on the Decay Resistance of Wood via FTIR Analysis

Table 2

The FTIR bands of wood.

Wave number (cm−1)Functional groups

3448OH
2945CH3-CH2- (cellulose)
1751C=O (hemicellulose)
1592A benzene ring skeleton (lignin)
1508Aromatic ring skeleton retractable vibration
1425C-H plane deformation (aromatic ring skeleton)
1373Condensation of S- and G-type lignin structures
1217C=O stretching vibration (G-type lignin)
1155C=O stretching vibration (S-type lignin)
1018Aryl C–H plane deformation (G- > S-)
831The deformation out of the plane (S-type lignin)