Journal Article10.1016/J.BIOTECHADV.2008.11.002
Biosorbents for heavy metals removal and their future
Jianlong Wang,Can Chen +1 more
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TL;DR: The biosorbents widely used for heavy metal removal were reviewed, mainly focusing on their cellular structure, biosorption performance, their pretreatment, modification, regeneration/reuse, modeling of biosor adaptation (isotherm and kinetic models), the development of novel biosorbent, their evaluation, potential application and future.
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About: This article is published in Biotechnology Advances. The article was published on 01 Mar 2009. The article focuses on the topics: Biosorption.
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