Table 1 Shows changes in the infrared spectrum bands for the light and dark textile samples and their functional groups

From: An integrated scientific analysis of a Graeco-Roman Cartonnage mask from Saqqara, Egypt

 

Light textile

Dark textile

 

Wavenumber (cm−1)

Wavenumber (cm−1)

Band assignment

Linen

3334

3328

The (OH) stretching vibration band

3281

3290

2852

2891

The CH and CH2 stretching vibrations

1371

1369

The C-H and C-O-H bending vibrations

1318

1321

1206

1204

The (C-C) ring breathing band

1147

1157

1109

1107

The asymmetric vibrations of the (C-O-C) glycosidic ether band

1024

1028

The (C-OH) stretching vibration band

908

-

The (C-O-C) stretching vibration band

699

698

Fingerprint region

668

660

605

607

555

556

524

521

The adhesive of the textile substrate (gum Arabic)

2917

2942

The symmetric and asymmetric stretching vibrations of aliphatic (CH2, CH3)

1633

1640

The (C = O) stretching vibration band

1423

1424

The v3 antisymmetric CO32− stretching vibrations

874

-

The stretching vibration of the polymeric skeleton and the formation of α and β of the monomeric unit

840

-