“…In spectrum (a), the peaks at 1601 cm −1 , 1561 cm −1 and 1385 cm −1 can be attributed to the carboxyl (COO−) group of tartaric acid [23,32], and the well-defined shoulder at 1062 cm −1 belongs to C−OH bond in CeTar [23]. In spectra (b) and (c), the peaks at 1608 cm −1 corresponds to C=C stretch bond, and the peaks in the range of 1511 cm −1 to 1034 cm −1 (1511 cm −1 , 1462 cm −1 , 1242 cm −1 , 1034 cm −1 ) are ascribed to the C−H bonds, which are formed in the curing process of epoxy coating [18,33,34]. The peak at 1181 cm −1 represents the C−N bond of the amine curing agent, and the peak at 1295 cm −1 corresponds to the ether (C−O−C) group [32].…”