Batch and continuous heavy metals biosorption by a brown seaweed from a zinc-producing plant

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 811-824

  Da Costa, A C A ^a,b   De Mesquita, L M S ^b   Tornovsky, J ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b CENTRO DE TECNOLOGIA MINERAL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Environmental; Ion exchange; Pollution; Waste processing

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOMASS; CALCIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; ION EXCHANGE; MAGNESIUM; POLYSACCHARIDES; SODIUM; SORPTION; WASTE TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

BIOSORPTION; BROWN SEAWEED; WASTE PROCESSING; ZINC PRODUCING PLANT;

HEAVY METALS;

EID: 0030216338     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0892-6875(96)00074-X     Document Type: Article

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