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Biosorption characteristics of heavy metals (Ni2+, Zn2+, Cd2+, Pb2+) from aqueous solution by Hizikia fusiformis

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Heavy metal ions (Pb2+, Cd2+, Ni2+, and Zn2+) were biosorbed by brown seaweed (Hizikia fusiformis), which was collected from Jeju Island of South Korea. The metal adsorption capacity of H. fusiformis improved significantly by washing with water or by base or acid treatments. The maximum sorption by NaOH-pretreated biomass was observed near a slightly acidic pH (pH 4−6) for Pb2+, Cd2+, Ni2+, and Zn2+. This result suggests that the treatment of H. fusiformis biomass with NaOH helped increase the functional forms of carboxylate ester units. Kinetic data showed that the biosorption occurred rapidly during the first 60 min, and most of the heavy metals were bound to the seaweed within 180 min. The maximum metal adsorption capacities assumed by a Langmuir model were on the order of Pb2+ > Cd2+ > Ni2+ > Zn2+. Equilibrium adsorption data for the heavy metal ions could fit well in the Langmuir model with regression coefficients R 2 > 0.97.

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This research was a part of the project titled “Development of Sustainable Remediation Technology for Marine Contaminated Sediments” funded by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Korea.

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  1. Institute of Marine Science and Technology Research, Hankyong National University, Anseong, Gyeonggi-do, 456-749, Republic of Korea

    Woo-Seok Shin & Young-Kee Kim

  2. Department of Chemical Engineering, Hankyong National University, Anseong, Gyeonggi-do, 456-749, Republic of Korea

    Young-Kee Kim

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Shin, WS., Kim, YK. Biosorption characteristics of heavy metals (Ni2+, Zn2+, Cd2+, Pb2+) from aqueous solution by Hizikia fusiformis . Environ Earth Sci 71, 4107–4114 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-013-2799-8

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