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Ajay Kumar
Assistant Professor
Department of Bioengineering and Biosciences
Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, India
WHAT IS BIOSORPTION?
• Cd2+,Pb2+,As+3, Cr4+etc)
• Textile dyes ( azo dyes)
• Pesticides (organo-phosphorous pesticides)
• Antibiotics (amoxicillin and ampicillin )
• Steroid hormones ( oxytocin) ,
• Surfactant,
• Pharmaceutical waste
Algae as the biosorbents
Biomass Metal ions qmax (mmol/g) References
Ascophyllum spp. Ni, Pb, Cd, Cu 1.03-1.43 Volesky etal., 2000
Chlorella sp. Cd 0.99 Aksu, 2001
Cladophora sp. Pb 0.35 Jalali etal., 2002
Cyclotella sp. Cu 0.41 Schmitt etal., 2001
Cymodocea spp. Cu, Zn 0.71-0.83 Sanchez etal., 1999
Fucus sp. Pb 1.6 Volesky, 1994
Gracilaria sp. Pb 0.2-0.26 Jalali etal., 2002
Volesky, 1994; Jalali
Padina spp. Pb, Cu 0.31-1.05
etal., 2002; Kaewsarn, 2002
Phaeodactylum sp. Cu 1.67mg/g Schmitt etal., 2001
Polysiphonia sp. Pb 0.49 Jalali etal., 2002
Porphyridium sp. Cu 0.27mg/g Schmitt etal., 2001
Volesky etal., 1994,2000;
Sargassum spp. Pb, Cu, Cd, Ni 0.71-1.99
Jalali etal., 2002
Scenedesmus spp. Cu, Cd 0.06-0.21 Schmitt etal., 2001
Schizomeris spp. Pb, Cd 0.31-0.44 Ozer etal., 1999
Spirulina sp. Cd 0.87 Rangsayatorn etal., 2002
Ulva sp. Pb 0.61 Jalali etal., 2002
Conventional techniques like membrane
separation and chemical precipitation are
widely investigated for waste water treatment.
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