Cork stoppers as an effective sorbent for water treatment: the removal of mercury at environmentally relevant concentrations and conditions

The technical feasibility of using stopper-derived cork as an effective biosorbent towards bivalent mercury at environmentally relevant concentrations and conditions was evaluated in this study. Only 25 mg/L of cork powder was able to achieve 94 % of mercury removal for an initial mercury concentrat...

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Main Author: Lopes, Claudia B. (author)
Other Authors: Oliveira, Joana R. (author), Rocha, Luciana S. (author), Tavares, Daniela S. (author), Silva, Carlos M. (author), Silva, Susana P. (author), Hartog, Niels (author), Duarte, Armando C. (author), Pereira, E. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 1000
Subjects:
Mercury
Cork
Sorption
Recycling
Ionic competition
Kineticmodelling
Metalremoval
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10773/20546
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:ria.ua.pt:10773/20546

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http://hdl.handle.net/10773/20546

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