“…For qualitative investigation of functional groups, the FTIR spectra were recorded in the range of 4,000–400 cm −1 as plotted in Figure 2. The peaks appearing at 3,380 and 576 cm −1 can be attributed to the moisture content or –OH group for all samples (Hata et al, 2016; Mahmoud et al, 2017; Shah et al, 2015) and the stretching vibration of Fe‐O, respectively (Chowdhuri et al, 2016; Li et al, 2017). For MAC, the bands at 1,695 and 1,520 cm −1 are ascribed to C=O and the vibration mode of oxygen atoms, respectively (Li, Du, et al, 2013; Lin et al, 2014; Petit & Bandosz, 2012).…”