New spectra of carbon stars from the IRAS low-resolution spectrometer

Low-resolution spectrometer (LRS) spectra of 152 IRAS CCGCS1 sources with $$12-\mu {\rm m}$$ fluxes of between 5 and 10 Jy are presented. This is part of an effort to extract spectra from the LRS ‘raw data base’ to search for more carbon stars with silicate emission features. The new spectra have been examined by eye and divided into six groups based on the classification scheme of Volk & Cohen. Four new carbon stars with silicate emission features ($$00519 + 5817, 19451 + 2856, 19583 - 0730$$ and $$20092 - 3557$$) are found. The LRS spectra of three other carbon stars ($$08035 - 3837, 09083 - 5158$$ and $$13182 - 6510$$) probably also contain silicate emission features.