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Table 2 Raman spectral parameters: positions (xD and xG), full width at half maximum (ωD and ωG) and intensity ratio (ID/IG) of D and G bands

From: Identification of carbon-based black pigments in four South American polychrome wooden sculptures by Raman microscopy

  

xD (cm−1)

ωD (cm −1)

xG (cm−1)

ωG (cm−1)

ID/IG

References

 

 Graphite

GRZ

1,351 ± 3

188 ± 18

1,598 ± 1

67 ± 2

0.78 ± 0.13

 Lampblack

LBZ

1,357 ± 2

215 ± 7

1,585 ± 2

104 ± 4

0.91 ± 0.06

 Bistre

BSZ

1,360 ± 3

334 ± 13

1,578 ± 4

116 ± 5

0.85 ± 0.09

 Bitumen

BTZ

1,394 ± 3

299 ± 11

1,603 ± 2

102 ± 3

0.79 ± 0.06

 Ivory black

IBZ

1,358 ± 2

274 ± 5

1,593 ± 2

102 ± 4

0.94 ± 0.09

 Commercial charcoal

CWC

1,345 ± 2

258 ± 4

1,594 ± 1

75 ± 3

0.74 ± 0.08

 Van Dyck

VDK

1,381 ± 4

237 ± 10

1,593 ± 3

106 ± 6

0.70 ± 0.13

 Earth of Kassel

EKZ

1,382 ± 3

228 ± 7

1,592 ± 2

98 ± 3

0.63 ± 0.10

Samples

 

 Saint Gregorius Magnus

SGM8

1,378 ± 6

455 ± 20

1,587 ± 2

117 ± 4

0.67 ± 0.09

 The Trinity

TRI8

1,357 ± 3

271 ± 9

1,593 ± 2

84 ± 3

0.75 ± 0.10

 Saint Lion the Pope

SLP6

1,365 ± 4

412 ± 28

1,602 ± 2

134 ± 10

0.95 ± 0.12

 Saint Benedict the Black

SBN1

1,374 ± 3

226 ± 9

1,580 ± 3

118 ± 4

0.82 ± 0.15

  1. Data for reference pigments were published in [12].