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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Volume 161, Issue 1, Pages 189-195Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.03.104
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Biosorption; Copper; Pycnoporus sanguineus; Equilibrium; Kinetics
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- Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) [6035132]
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The ability of white-rot fungus, Pycnoporus sanguineus to adsorb copper (11) ions from aqueous Solution is investigated in a batch system. The live fungus Cells were immobilized into Ca-alginate gel to study the influence of pH, initial metal ions concentration, biomass loading and temperature on the biosorption capacity. The optimum uptake of Cu (II) ions was observed at pH 5 with a value of 2.76 mg/g. Biosorption equilibrium data were best described by Langmuir isotherm model followed by Redlich-Peterson and Freundlich models, respectively. The biosorption kinetics followed the pseudo-second order and intra-particle diffusion equations. The thermodynamic parameters enthalpy change (10.16 kJ/mol) and entropy change (33.78 J/mol K) were determined from the biosorption equilibrium data. The FTIR analysis showed that -OH, -NH, C-H, C=O, -COOH and C-N groups were involved in the biosorption of Cu (II) ions onto immobilized cells of P. sanguineus. The immobilized cells of P. sanguineus were capable of removing Cu (II) ions from aqueous solution. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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