Biosorption and recovery of copper and zinc from aqueous solutions by nonliving biomass of marine brown algae of Sargassum sp.

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1525-1530

  Bina, B ^a   Kermani, M ^b   Movahedian, H ^a   Khazaei, Z ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aqueous solution; Biosorption; Desorption; Heavy metal; Marine algae; Sargassum sp.

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; PHAEOPHYCEAE; SARGASSUM; SARGASSUM SP.;

EID: 33749669232     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2006.1525.1530     Document Type: Article

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