Identification of silicooxygen rings in SiO2 based on IR spectra

In this work application of IR spectra for the determination of silcooxygen ring types in framework silicates structures has been presented. Results of the spectra interpretation for cyclosilicates ('isolated' silicooxygen rings) have been adopted for the spectra of highly polymerized SiO2 structures. In such structures, silicooxygen rings are interconnected. In this work, spectra of three basic polymorphous SiO2 types, i.e. cristobalite, tridymite quartz (in various temperature forms) and v-SiO2 are discussed. It has been shown that identification of rings is possible after precise analysis of the spectra preceded by mathematical decomposition.