“…After copper and cadmium sorption 1291, 1247, 1170 cm −1 C-O-C vibrations were shifted to 1292, 1170, 1047 cm −1 [28]. Conclusive evidence of the bonding is also shown by the observation that new bands in the FT-IR spectra of the Cu(II) and Cd(II) metal complexes appear at 521, 463 cm −1 and 518, 436 cm −1 assigned to (Cu-O), (Cu-N) and (Cd-O), (Cd-N), respectively, stretching vibrations [24,29] (Fig. 2c and d).…”