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PEI imilti-coated PSBF (PEI-M-PSBF) wth high adsorption efficiency and good reusability for Pd(II) recovery was prepared by a PEI multi-coating method. The results of FT-IR and FE-SEM showed that the PEI-M-PSB...
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A chitin-based biosorbent that can be used to effectively remove dyes, typical color inducers in industrial wastewater, was developed. The crosslinking agent glutaraldehyde was bonded to the hydroxyl and/or am...
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This study aim was to optimize the manufacturing conditions polyethylenimine-coated polysulfone/bacterial biomass composite fiber (PEI-PSBF) to remove anionic pollutants from aqueous solution. The contents of ...
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One type of biosorbents, brewer fermentation industry waste yeast, was developed to adsorb the Ag (I) in aqueous solution. The result of FTIR analysis of waste yeast indicated that the ion exchange, chelating ...
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Sorptive removal and recovery of nickel(II) from an actual effluent of electroplating industry: Comparison between Escherichia coli biosorbent and Amberlite ion exchange resin
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Water pollution due to presence of metals has become one of the most serious environmental problems today. Biosorption, using inactive/dead biomaterials such as bacteria, fungi, algae and industrial/agricultu...
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Biosorption of reactive and basic dyes using fermentation waste Corynebacterium glutamicum: the effects of pH and salt concentration and characterization of the binding sites
A low cost biosorbent, Corynebacterium glutamicum, was studied for the sorption of Reactive Red 4 (RR 4) and Methylene Blue (MB). The equilibrium isotherm data were well described by the Langmuir model. pH edge e...
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