Biosorption of heavy metals: new perspectives

Biosorption, the ability of certain materials of biologic origin to entrap metal ions, is a natural process that may be seen as xenobiotic or may be used through technological processes to recover or remediate contaminated ecosystems. This process is known to be very appropriate to remediate liquid...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tavares, T. (author)
Other Authors: Figueiredo, Hugo (author)
Format: bookPart
Language:eng
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/56871
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/56871