Bioremediation of Cr(VI) polluted wastewaters by sorption on heat inactivated Saccharomyces cerevisiae biomass

International Journal of Environmental Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 581-594

  Hlihor, R M ^a   Diaconu, M ^a   Fertu, D ^a   Chelaru, C ^b   Sandu, I ^c   Tavares, T ^d   Gavrilescu, M ^a  

^a GHEORGHE ASACHI TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

^b Leather and Footwear Res Institute   (Romania)

^c ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biosorption; Cr(VI) reduction; Kinetics; Sorption mechanism; Yeast biomass

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; CHROMIUM; ION EXCHANGE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION CONTROL; REACTION KINETICS; REDUCTION; SORPTION; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION; YEAST;

EID: 84882247960     PISSN: 17356865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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