Precious metal recovery by selective adsorption using biosorbents

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 902-910

  Chen, Xinqing ^a   Lam, Koon Fung ^a   Mak, Shuk Fong ^a   Yeung, King Lun ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Gold adsorption; Metal recovery; Selective adsorption; Silk sericin

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CHITOSAN; COBALT ALLOYS; COPPER ALLOYS; GOLD ALLOYS; GOLD COMPOUNDS; PALLADIUM ALLOYS; SILK; ZINC ALLOYS;

AMIDE GROUPS; CHARGE INTERACTIONS; COMPONENT SEPARATION; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; GOLD ADSORPTION; SELECTIVE ADSORPTION; SILK SERICIN; WASTE BIOMASS;

METAL RECOVERY;

AMIDE; AMINO ACID; CHITOSAN; COBALT; COPPER; GOLD; METAL; NICKEL; PALLADIUM; SERICIN; SILK SERICIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ADSORPTION; BIOMASS; CHITIN; HEAVY METAL; PROTEIN; WASTE;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 79551569938     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.11.088     Document Type: Article

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