Biosorption of Hg from aqueous solutions by crab carapace

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 164, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 1601-1604

  Rae, Ian B ^a   Gibb, Stuart W ^a   Lu, Shuguang ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS   (United Kingdom)

^b EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Biosorption; Carapace; Ion competition; Mercury; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC SOLUTIONS; ALKALINE WASTES; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; BATCH ADSORPTIONS; BINARY METALS; CARAPACE; CONTACT TIME; INITIAL CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY; POLISHING PROCESS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES;

ADSORPTION; BIOSORPTION; COMPETITION; IONS; METAL RECOVERY; PARTICLE SIZE; PH EFFECTS; REMOVAL; SOLUTIONS; TOXICITY;

MERCURY (METAL);

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CRAB; MERCURY (ELEMENT); REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SORPTION;

ADSORPTION; ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; COPPER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MERCURY; MINERALS; PARTICLE SIZE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

CANCER PAGURUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 62649110782     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.09.052     Document Type: Article

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