Review Article

Adsorption of Heavy Metals in Contaminated Water Using Zeolite Derived from Agro-Wastes and Clays: A Review

Table 7

Summary of FTIR analysis of zeolites.

ZeoliteSynthesis methodObservationsReferences
Wavelength (cm−1)Group or Reason

Needle-like nanozeoliteHydrothermal synthesis3400O-H stretch[171]
1640Zeolitic water influence

Hydroxy-sodalite/cancriniteHydrothermal alkali activation1400–400 (disappear)Si-O, Si-O-Al vibrations[226]
4000–3500 (disappear)-OH vibrations

ZIF-8Solvothermal synthesis421Zn-N[227]
692Co-N
755CN
1100–1310C = N
1577C = C

NaP zeoliteOne step hydrothermal synthesis1008 and 735Si-O or Al-O assymetric stretching[228]
690Symmetric stretching of Si-O or Al-O symmetric stretching
600Double ring in NaP
435Si-O or Al-O bending

Phillipsite zeoliteHydrothermal synthesis439.19O-Si-O[229]
607.47Si-C
693.06Mn-O
1026.96Assymetric Si-O-Al
1638.92H-O-H or C = C
3435.81Si-OH