Bands (cm-1) Functional Group
3428 O-H stretching
2927 C-H, C-H2 stretching
1734 Carbonyl C=O stretching (hemicellulose)
1631 C=C stretching (lignin)
1505 Benzene ring stretching (lignin)
1437 C-H2 shearing(cellulose), C-H2 benching (lignin)
1376 C-H benching(cellulose, hemicellulose)
1330 O-H in-plane benching (cellulose)
1256 C-O-C stretching in alkyl aromatic (lignin)
1162 C-O-C asymmetry stretching (cellulose, hemicellulose)
1050 C-O stretching (cellulose, hemicellulose)
1020 C-O stretching (cellulose, hemicellulose)
891 C-H in-plane benching (lignin)
Table 3: FTIR bands and functional groups assignment of EFB fiber.