Journal
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 80, Issue 11, Pages 1297-1305Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.1329
Keywords
heavy metal; biosorption; Langmuir isotherm; interaction effect
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The uptake of Cu(II), Pb(II), Zn(II) and Ni(II) was investigated both individually and from mixed metal ion solutions using Sphagnum moss biomass immobilised in a polyurethane support. The data were evaluated using the Langmuir isotherm equation, and sorption capacities were calculated for different concentration ranges. It was concluded that care must be taken in presentation and interpretation of results when this modelling approach is applied at low concentrations. Repeated metal loading cycles also gave lower values for sorption capacity compared with the maximum potential value, due to equilibrium effects. The uptake capacity for the different metals on a weight basis was in the order lead > copper > zinc > nickel, but on a molar basis this changed to copper > lead > nickel > zinc. Sorption from a multi-component metal system showed that lead and copper competed equally for binding sites and much more effectively than zinc and nickel. Equations were derived to predict the percentage effect on a given metal ion of other metals in a multi-metal system based their behaviour in the relevant single and binary systems. (c) 2005 Society of Chemical Industry.
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