A dynamic proof of mercury elimination from solution through a combined sorption-reduction process

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 8969-8974

  Carro, Leticia ^a   Anagnostopoulos, Vasilis ^b   Lodeiro, Pablo ^a   Barriada, José L ^a   Herrero, Roberto ^a   Sastre de Vicente, Manuel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biosorption; Bracken fern; Column studies; Mercury; Reduction

Indexed keywords

BATCH EXPERIMENTS; BRACKEN FERNS; CELL WALLS; COLUMN STUDY; CONTINUOUS FLOWS; EFFECT OF PH; MERCURY; MERCURY SORPTION; MERCURY SPECIATIONS; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL FACTORS; REDUCTION PROCESS; SCANNING ELECTRONS;

ADSORPTION; BIOPOLYMERS; BIOSORPTION; COMPLEXATION; EXPERIMENTS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; IONIC STRENGTH; MERCURY (METAL); PH EFFECTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

BIOPOLYMER; MERCURY;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIOMASS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERN; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLYMER; REDUCTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CELL WALL; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERN; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; IONIC STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SORPTION REDUCTION PROCESS;

ADSORPTION; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CADMIUM; CATIONS, DIVALENT; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FERNS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LEAD; MERCURY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SALINITY; SOLUTIONS; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION;

FILICOPHYTA; PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM;

EID: 77955654390     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.06.118     Document Type: Article

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