Infrared and Raman spectra have been recorded for room-temperature-phase, powdered samples of LiNO,, NaNO,, KNO,, RbNO,, CsNO,, AgNO,, and TINO,. For the trigonal systems, the nitrate pairs LiNO,, NaNO, and RbNO,, CsNO, give almost identical spectra. For the orthorhombic systems, AgNO, and TINO, give similar spectra, whereas that of KNO, is significantly different. Site and correlation field perturbations are considerably more pronounced in the antisymmetric stretching region (v, ca. 1400 cm-') than in the antisymmetric bending region (v4 ca. 700 cm-I). Although lifting of the degeneracy of E' modes was frequently observed, the reported split of the v4(E1) mode (ca. 716 cm-I) of the aragonite form of KNO, could not be confirmed. Multiple internal reflectance techniques have been employed to observe the extremely intense v,(E') infrared fundamental ca. 1400 cm-'.