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Adsorption characteristics of metal ions by CO2-fixing Chlorella sp. HA-1

  • Jae Young Lee*
  • , Tae Soon Kwon
  • , Kitae Baek
  • , Ji Won Yang
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Korea Railroad Research Institute
  • Kumoh National Institute of Technology
  • Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

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Abstract

Single and binary metal systems were employed to investigate the removal characteristics of Pb2+, Cu2+, Cd2+, and Zn2+ by Chlorella sp. HA-1 that were isolated from a CO2 fixation process. Adsorption test of single metal systems showed that the maximum metal uptakes were 0.767 mmol Pb2+, 0.450 mmol Cd2+, 0.334 mmol Cu2+ and 0.389 mmol Zn2+ per gram of dry cell. In the binary metal systems, the metal ions on Chlorella sp. HA-1 were adsorbed selectively according to their adsorption characteristics. Pb2+ ions significantly inhibited the adsorption of Cu2+, Zn2+, and Cd2+ ions, while Cu2+ ions decreased remarkably the metal uptake of Cd2+ and Zn2+ ions. The relative adsorption between Cd2+ and Zn2+ ions was reduced similarly by the presence of the other metal ions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)354-358
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
Volume15
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009.05.25

Keywords

  • Binary metal system
  • Biosorption
  • Chlorella
  • CO fixation

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