Selective Biosorption of Mixed Heavy Metal Ions using Polysaccharides

Bong Chul Son; Kyungmoon Park; Seung Hoon Song; Young Je Yoo

Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.21, No.6, 1168-1172, November, 2004

DOI10.1007/BF02719489 Export Citation

Selective Biosorption of Mixed Heavy Metal Ions using Polysaccharides

Bong Chul Son, Kyungmoon Park¹, Seung Hoon Song², and Young Je Yoo^†

School of Chemical Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
¹Department of Chemical System Engineering, Hongik University, Jochiwon, Chungnam 339-701, Korea
²Bio-MAX Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea

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Although much research has been conducted on the separation of single species of heavy metal, the selective adsorption of two or more heavy metals in mixture is relatively little known. In this study, polysaccharide beads were prepared to selectively remove the targeted heavy metal ion from mixture. Among the biomasses, polysaccharide was examined due to its low cost and easy accessibility. In a single metal ion system, chitosan, λ-carrageenan, and alginic acid showed high affinity to mercury, copper, and lead, respectively. In the ion mixture, the same trend shown in the single metal ion solution was observed. The optimum electrolyte concentraion was investigated to adsorb the metal ion selectively, and it was possible to remove the targeted metal ion selectively with chitosan, alginic acid and λ-carrageenan at 1 mmol concentration of electrolyte. In order to demonstrate the feasibility of selective biosorption, two packed-bed reactors in series containing chitosan and alginic acid beads in each were studied and selective adsorption to Hg²⁺ and Pb²⁺, respectively, was observed.

Keywords:Selective Biosorption;Polysaccharides;Heavy Metal Ion;Bioseparation

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