DESORPTION OF Cu2+FROM A BIOSORBENT DERIVED FROM THE MARINE ALGADURVILLAEA POTATORUM

Autor: Qiming Yu, Pairat Kaewsarn
Rok vydání: 2001
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Zdroj: Separation Science and Technology. 36:1495-1507
ISSN: 1520-5754
0149-6395
DOI: 10.1081/ss-100103884
Popis: The desorption and recovery of Cu2+ from a biosorbent material derived from marine alga Durvillaea potatorum were studied. The biosorbent was a pretreated biomass of Durvillaea potatorum with calcium chloride solution and thermal treatment. The Cu2+ was adsorbed onto the biosorbent and then desorbed by various elution solutions. Batch desorption tests established a solution of 0.35 M hydrochloric acid as the most appropriate eluting agent. Fixed-bed desorption recovery curves for Cu2+ were also obtained. In addition, batch desorption recovery curves for Cu2+ were obtained for multiple consecutive adsorption–desorption cycles and the biosorption properties of the biomass for Cu2+ were compared after the fifth cycle to evaluate the stability of the biomass. The use of a mixture of 0.35 M hydrochloric acid and 0.5 M calcium chloride as the eluting agent improved the stability of the biosorbent in the multiple adsorption–desorption cycles. The desorption kinetics were similar to those observed in the ad-sorpt...
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