| dc.creator | da Costa,Antonio Carlos Augusto | |
| dc.creator | Mora Tavares,Ana Paula | |
| dc.creator | Pessôa de França,Francisca | |
| dc.date | 2001-12-01 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-05-03T12:43:59Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-05-03T12:43:59Z | |
| dc.identifier | https://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-34582001000300007 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://revistaschilenas.uchile.cl/handle/2250/84685 | |
| dc.description | The biosorption of zinc and calcium was investigated with a biomass of Sargassum sp., a brown seaweed, in a continuous system consisting of three serial tubular fixed-bed laboratory reactors. Results indicated that zinc was efficiently recovered by the biomass. After treatment of 9.0 liters of a mixed solution containing 130.0 mg/l zinc and 260.0 mg/l calcium, the first column of the system saturated with zinc; the remaining columns did not saturate with zinc as a result of the pre treatment performed by the first reactor. Calcium was also efficiently biosorbed by the biomass, saturating the system much faster than zinc. X-ray fluorescence spectrum indicated the presence of various elements in the structure of the Sargassum sp. biomass, especially alkaline and alkaline-earth elements. Alkaline and alkaline earth elements played a key role in the biosorption of zinc, being responsible for ion-exchange reactions performed during zinc biosorption. | |
| dc.format | text/html | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso | |
| dc.relation | 10.4067/S0717-34582001000300007 | |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
| dc.source | Electronic Journal of Biotechnology v.4 n.3 2001 | |
| dc.title | The release of light metals from a brown seaweed (Sargassum sp.) during zinc biosorption in a continuous system | |
