Removal of Zinc by the Moss Calymperes delessertii Besch

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Lee, C. K. and Low, K.S. and Ng, K.H and Yahya, Asmah (1994) Removal of Zinc by the Moss Calymperes delessertii Besch. Pertanika Journal of Science & Technology, 2 (2). pp. 197-206. ISSN 0128-7680

Abstract

Studies were conducted to assess the capability of a moss, Calymperes delessertii Besch, to remove zinc from solutions. In the batch experiments, parameters studied included effect of pH and initial zinc concentration on sorption. A series of fixed bed experiments were performed to study the system under dynamic conditions. The bed depth service time (BDST) model proposedn by Hutchins was successfully applied to the system. The fixed bed experiments were also carried out using waste water from a zinc plating factory and results indicated that moss columns could be used in a clean-up system to remove zinc from electroplating waste water.

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Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Environmental Studies
Publisher:	Universiti Putra Malaysia Press
Keywords:	moss, zinc, sorption, uptake, simulated wastewater, electroplating waste water, BDST model.
Depositing User:	Nur Izzati Mohd Zaki
Date Deposited:	24 Nov 2009 03:31
Last Modified:	27 May 2013 07:06
URI:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3151
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