Studies of chromium removal from tannery wastewaters by algae biosorbents, Spirogyra condensata and Rhizoclonium hieroglyphicum

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 158, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 605-614

  Onyancha, Douglas ^a   Mavura, Ward ^b   Ngila, J Catherine ^c   Ongoma, Peter ^b   Chacha, Joseph ^d  

^a NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Algae; Biosorption; Chromium; Tannery; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ALGAE; BINDING ENERGY; BINDING SITES; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSORPTION; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; CHROMIUM PLATING; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DESORPTION; EFFLUENTS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; ION EXCHANGE; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; PH EFFECTS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLLUTION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SEPARATION; SOLID WASTES; SORPTION; SULFURIC ACID; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

ADSORPTION EFFICIENCY; AMBERLITE XAD; BATCH METHODS; BIOSORBENTS; CARBOXYL GROUPS; CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; CHROMIUM CONCENTRATION; CHROMIUM REMOVAL; CR(III); DESORPTION EFFICIENCY; FOURIER; FREUNDLICH MODELS; GLASS COLUMN; IMMOBILIZED ALGAE; INFRA-RED; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; LANGMUIR; MEMBRANE SEPARATIONS; OPTIMUM PH; REMOVAL OF CHROMIUM; SULPHURIC ACID; TANNERY; TANNERY EFFLUENTS; TANNERY WASTE WATERS; TANNING INDUSTRY; WASTEWATER;

METAL RECOVERY;

CARBOXYL GROUP; CHROMIUM; POLACRILIN; SORBENT;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CHROMIUM; DESORPTION; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; GLASS; GREEN ALGA; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ION EXCHANGE; PH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SULFURIC ACID; WASTEWATER;

ADSORPTION; ALGA; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOSORPTION; EFFLUENT; FREUNDLICH MODEL; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LANGMUIR MODEL; LEATHER INDUSTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PH; PRECIPITATION; RHIZOCLONIUM HIERGLYPHICUM; SOLID WASTE; SPIROGYRA CONDENSATA; WASTE WATER;

ADSORPTION; ALGAE; CHROMIUM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TANNING; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALGAE; BINDING; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHROMIUM; DESORPTION; EFFLUENTS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; PLANKTON; PRECIPITATION; REMOVAL; SULFURIC ACID; WASTE WATERS; WATER POLLUTION;

ALGAE; RHIZOCLONIUM HIEROGLYPHICUM; SPIROGYRA CONDENSATA;

EID: 50549103140     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.02.043     Document Type: Article

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