Potential of agarose for biosorption of Cu(II) in aqueous system

American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 55-59

  Pandey, Anurag ^a   Bera, Debabrata ^b   Shukla, Anupam ^a   Ray, Lalitagauri ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Agarose gel; Aqueous system; Biopolymer; Biosorption; Cu(II) adsorption

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMERS; BIOSORPTION; COPPER; ISOTHERMS; METAL IONS;

AGAROSE GELS; AQUEOUS SYSTEMS; CU(II) ADSORPTION; LANGMUIR ISOTHERM MODEL;

GLUCOSE;

EID: 34147137152     PISSN: 15533468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajbbsp.2007.55.59     Document Type: Article

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