Fig. 8From: The application of FTIR microspectroscopy in a non-invasive and non-destructive way to the study and conservation of mineralised excavated textilesFTIR in reflectance mode spectra of cotton (top), flax (second from top), hemp (second from bottom) and sparto (bottom). The 1752 cm−1 ester band (shifted from 1735 cm−1 in ATR), and the 1586 cm−1 band indicative of lignin (shifted from 1595 cm−1 in ATR), only showed in the hemp and sparto spectraBack to article page