Using infrared spectroscopy, H-O-H and O-H stretching and bending frequencies were studied for several combinations of compounds. The peak at 3500 cm-1 for KBr and also for NaCl following H2O addition; the peaks at 3500 cm-1, 1600 cm-1, and 1400 cm-1 were also studied for NaOH addition with molar absorption coefficients of 3.2 x10-2, 3.4x 10-3, and 9.4x 10-3, respectively; and the peaks at 3500 cm-1 and 1400 cm-1 were studied for Na2CO3 addition to NaCl with molar absorption coefficients of 2.6 x10-2 and 4.6x 10-2, respectively. The studies involving NaOH addition to NaCl showed the possible formation of a water complex, H2O:OH-, when combined with conclusions drawn from Na2CO3 addition to NaCl.