“…The presence of water in the structure is characterized by bands at 3395, 3230 and 1676 cm 1 and also at 766 and 570 cm 1 which correspond to stretching, bending and libration of lattice water, respectively, as already reported in numerous studies on hydrated compounds. 33,34 The 1528 cm 1 band was not clearly attributed, but its high wavenumber range and its large full width at half-Maximum (FWHM) are in favour of a combination of a lattice mode with a carbonate mode, as stated by Andersen and Brecevic,35 who observed in the IR spectrum of the amorphous phase a band at 1525 cm 1 and attributed it to 1 at 1075 cm 1 C 2ð lattice modes at 220 cm 1 . The observed vibrations of carbonate and water proved that this product was a hydrate of calcium carbonate and not a hydrogencarbonate.…”