TY  - JOUR
AU  - Rajfur, M.
AU  - Kłos, A.
AU  - Wacławek, M.
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Sorption properties of algae Spirogyra sp. and their use for determination of heavy metal ions concentrations in surface water
JO  - Bioelectrochemistry
SP  - 81
EP  - 86
VL  - 80
IS  - 1
KW  - Biomonitoring
KW  - Heavy metal ions
KW  - Algae sp.
KW  - Sorption kinetics
KW  - Langmuir isotherm
N2  - Kinetics of heavy-metal ions sorption by alga Spirogyra sp. was evaluated experimentally in the laboratory, using both the static and the dynamic approach. The metal ions – Mn2+, Cu2+, Zn2+ and Cd2+ – were sorbed from aqueous solutions of their salts. The static experiments showed that the sorption equilibria were attained in 30min, with 90-95% of metal ions sorbed in first 10min of each process. The sorption equilibria were approximated with the Langmuir isotherm model. The algae sorbed each heavy metal ions proportionally to the amount of this metal ions in solution. The experiments confirmed that after 30min of exposition to contaminated water, the concentration of heavy metal ions in the algae, which initially contained small amounts of these metal ions, increased proportionally to the concentration of metal ions in solution. The presented results can be used for elaboration of a method for classification of surface waters that complies with the legal regulations.
SN  - 1567-5394
UR  - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1567539410000617
N1  - A Selection of Papers presented at the 4th International Workshop on Surface Modification for Chemical and Biochemical Sensing (SMCBS 2009)
ID  - Rajfur_etal2010
ER  -