News & Notes: Sorption and Desorption of Cobalt by Oscillatoria anguistissima |
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Authors: | Prerna Ahuja Rani Gupta RK Saxena |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Microbiology, University of Delhi, South Campus, Benito Juarez Road, New Delhi 110021, India , IN |
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Abstract: | Oscillatoria anguistissima rapidly adsorbs appreciable amounts of cobalt from the aqueous solutions within 15 min of initial contact with the metal
solution. O. anguistissima showed a high sequestration of cobalt at low equilibrium concentrations, and it followed the Freundlich model of adsorption.
The adsorption is a strongly pH-dependent and temperature-independent phenomenon. The presence of Mg2+ and Ca2+ (100–200 ppm) resulted in decline in Co2+ adsorption capacity of Oscillatoria biomass. Sulphate and nitrate (0.75–10 mM) drastically reduced the extent of Co2+ biosorption. The biosorption of cobalt is an ion-exchange process as the Co2+ binding was accompanied by release of a large amounts of Mg2+ ions. Na2CO3 (1.0 mM) resulted in about 76% desorption of Co2+ from the loaded biomass.
Received: 30 January 1999 / Accepted: 3 March 1999 |
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