Metal bioaccumulation and precious metal refinery wastewater treatment by phoma glomerata

The biosorption of copper, nickel, gold and platinum from single metal aqueous solutions by the nickel hyperaccumulator Berkheya coddii plant biomass was investigated. Potentiometric titrations of the biomass and determination of optimal sorption pH for each metal showed that nickel ions were releas...

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Main Author: Moore, Bronwyn Ann
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Rhodes University 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1009441