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Biosorption of cadmium by brown, green, and red seaweeds

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In this paper, seven species of brown, green, and red seaweeds were examined for their abilities to sequester cadmium ions from aqueous solution, and all the seaweed types investigated were capable of binding appreciable amounts of Cadmium, considerable variability in their biosorption performance was observed.
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This article is published in Chemical Engineering Journal.The article was published on 2004-02-15. It has received 333 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Cadmium & Biosorption.

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Tea waste as a low cost adsorbent for the removal of Cu and Pb from wastewater

TL;DR: In this article, the adsorption of copper and lead ions onto tea waste from aqueous solutions was studied to enable comparison with alternative commonly available absorbents, and the equilibrium data were satisfactorily fitted to Langmuir and Freundlich isotherms.
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Use of Algae for Removing Heavy Metal Ions From Wastewater: Progress and Prospects

TL;DR: Commercial application of algal technology for metal removal from wastewaters, emphasis should be given to selection of strains with high metal sorption capacity, adequate understanding of sorption mechanisms, and development of low-cost methods for cell immobilization.
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Comparative study of biosorption of heavy metals using different types of algae

TL;DR: A software computer program was used to simulate the process by comparison of theoretical with experimental results and show minimum differences between both types of data.
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A comprehensive review on biosorption of heavy metals by algal biomass: Materials, performances, chemistry, and modeling simulation tools

TL;DR: This article provides a comprehensive review of recent findings on performances, applications and chemistry of algae for sequestration of heavy metals, and presents the theoretical simulation tools for biosorption equilibrium and kinetics.
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Removal of heavy metals from water sources in the developing world using low-cost materials: A review.

TL;DR: This review evaluates the use of adsorbents from four major categories: agricultural waste; naturally-occurring soil and mineral deposits; aquatic and terrestrial biomass; and other locally-available waste materials.
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Sargassum seaweed as biosorbent for heavy metals.

TL;DR: In this paper, six different species of non-living Sargassum biomass were compared on the basis of their equilibrium Cd and Cu uptake in order to evaluate potential variability in the sorption performance of different Sargasum species.
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Removal and recovery of lead using nonliving biomass of marine algae.

TL;DR: The lead uptake capacity of Sargassum biomass was constantly retained (98%) and no significant biomass damage took place after 10 sorption-desorption cycles, and the applicability of the Langmuir and Freundlich models for the different biosorbents was tested.
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World seaweed utilisation: An end-of-century summary

TL;DR: The data for worldwide seaweed production for the years 1994/1995 are summarised, with the value of the harvest in excess of US $ 6.2 billion.
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Biosorption of cadmium(II) from aqueous solutions by pre-treated biomass of marine alga DurvillAea potatorum

TL;DR: In this paper, the adsorption capacity of pre-treated biomass of D. potatorum was investigated and it was shown that pre-treatment of the native biomass with calcium chloride and subsequent thermal treatment considerably improved the swelling properties and physical stability of the biomass granules.
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