“…Moreover, it is worth pointing out that the characteristic metakaolin Si–O–Al band at 810 cm −1 due to the six-coordinated Al(VI)–O stretching vibration, disappears in the geopolymer indicating a complete geopolymerization reaction [44]. Finally, the signal at about 460 cm −1 is due to Si–O bending vibration [44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52]. …”