Biosorption of inorganic mercury onto dead biomass of marine Aspergillus niger: Kinetic, equilibrium, and thermodynamic studies

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 531-539

  Khambhaty, Yasmin ^a   Mody, Kalpana ^a   Basha, Shaik ^a   Jha, Bhavanath ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL SALT AND MARINE CHEMICALS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Aspergillus niger; Biosorption; Inorganic mercury; Marine fungi; Sorption isotherm models; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BATCH SYSTEMS; BEST FITS; BIOSORPTION PROCESS; DIFFUSION RESISTANCES; DUBININ-RADUSHKEVICH; EQUILIBRIUM MODELS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; FREUNDLICH; INORGANIC MERCURY; KINETIC STUDIES; LANGMUIR; LINEAR PORTIONS; MARINE ASPERGILLUS NIGER; MARINE FUNGI; METAL BINDING CAPACITIES; NIGER; PSEUDO-SECOND ORDER MODELS; REMOVAL RATES; SORPTION DATUM; SORPTION ISOTHERM MODELS; SORPTION PROCESS; THERMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; THERMODYNAMIC STUDIES; THREE-PARAMETER MODELS; TWO PARAMETERS; TWO-PARAMETER MODELS;

ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; BIOSORPTION; FUNGI; METAL RECOVERY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

MERCURY (METAL);

EID: 61949087235     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2008.0056     Document Type: Article

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