A new biosorbent for the removal of Cu(II) from aqueous solution; red marine alga, Ceramium rubrum

Biosorption is an effective technique for the removal of heavy metals from wastewater. In this study, dried, sodium hydroxide and formaldehyde modified red alga, Ceramium rubrum were used for the biosorption of copper from aqueous solution. The biosorption characteristics such as pH, biomass dosage,...

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Main Authors: Ege A., Doner G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2013-04-01
Series:E3S Web of Conferences
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20130125009
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description Biosorption is an effective technique for the removal of heavy metals from wastewater. In this study, dried, sodium hydroxide and formaldehyde modified red alga, Ceramium rubrum were used for the biosorption of copper from aqueous solution. The biosorption characteristics such as pH, biomass dosage, temperature and contact time were investigated. Also, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrophotemetric analysis of C.rubrum was performed to identify its structure. Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm models were applied to describe the biosorption of Cu2+ onto C.rubrum biomass at the equilibrium. Langmuir model fitted well the equilibrium data for all biosorbents. Maximum biosorption capacity of dried biomass was calculated 25.51 mg/g, while it was calculated 42.92 mg/g and 30.03 mg/g for sodium hydroxide modified and formaldehyde modified biomass, respectively. Modified biomasses have higher maximum biosorption capacities indicating that modification of biomass with NaOH and HCHOH may increase responsible active sites for biosorption on the C.rubrum.
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spelling doaj.art-0e3f743a4170432889e39299e967049a2022-12-21T23:15:33ZengEDP SciencesE3S Web of Conferences2267-12422013-04-0112500910.1051/e3sconf/20130125009A new biosorbent for the removal of Cu(II) from aqueous solution; red marine alga, Ceramium rubrumEge A.Doner G.Biosorption is an effective technique for the removal of heavy metals from wastewater. In this study, dried, sodium hydroxide and formaldehyde modified red alga, Ceramium rubrum were used for the biosorption of copper from aqueous solution. The biosorption characteristics such as pH, biomass dosage, temperature and contact time were investigated. Also, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrophotemetric analysis of C.rubrum was performed to identify its structure. Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm models were applied to describe the biosorption of Cu2+ onto C.rubrum biomass at the equilibrium. Langmuir model fitted well the equilibrium data for all biosorbents. Maximum biosorption capacity of dried biomass was calculated 25.51 mg/g, while it was calculated 42.92 mg/g and 30.03 mg/g for sodium hydroxide modified and formaldehyde modified biomass, respectively. Modified biomasses have higher maximum biosorption capacities indicating that modification of biomass with NaOH and HCHOH may increase responsible active sites for biosorption on the C.rubrum.http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20130125009Red algaCeramium rubrumcopperatomic absorption spectrometryisothermbiosorption
spellingShingle Ege A.
Doner G.
A new biosorbent for the removal of Cu(II) from aqueous solution; red marine alga, Ceramium rubrum
E3S Web of Conferences
Red alga
Ceramium rubrum
copper
atomic absorption spectrometry
isotherm
biosorption
title A new biosorbent for the removal of Cu(II) from aqueous solution; red marine alga, Ceramium rubrum
title_full A new biosorbent for the removal of Cu(II) from aqueous solution; red marine alga, Ceramium rubrum
title_fullStr A new biosorbent for the removal of Cu(II) from aqueous solution; red marine alga, Ceramium rubrum
title_full_unstemmed A new biosorbent for the removal of Cu(II) from aqueous solution; red marine alga, Ceramium rubrum
title_short A new biosorbent for the removal of Cu(II) from aqueous solution; red marine alga, Ceramium rubrum
title_sort new biosorbent for the removal of cu ii from aqueous solution red marine alga ceramium rubrum
topic Red alga
Ceramium rubrum
copper
atomic absorption spectrometry
isotherm
biosorption
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20130125009
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