The release of light metals from a brown seaweed (Sargassum sp.) during zinc biosorption in a continuous system

Electronic Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 37-41

  Da Costa, Antonio Carlos Augusto ^a   Tavares, Ana Paula Mora ^b   De França, Francisca Pessõa ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Departamento de Físico Química   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomass; Heavy metal; Uptake; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; BIOSORPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ION EXCHANGE; METAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; SARGASSUM; SEAWEED; TRANSPORT KINETICS; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ALGAE; SARGASSUM; SARGASSUM SP.;

EID: 3042819659     PISSN: 07173458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2225/vol4-issue3-fulltext-2     Document Type: Article

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