Lessonia nigrescens and Lessonia trabeculata kelps have been tested for the sorption of mercury from aqueous solutions. A pretreatment (using CaCl(2)) allowed stabilizing the biomass that was very efficient for removing Hg(II) at pH 6-7. Sorption isotherms were described by the Langmuir equation with sorption capacities close to 240-270 mg Hg g(-1) at pH 6. The temperature had a negligible effect on the distribution of the metal at equilibrium. The presence of chloride anions had a more marked limiting impact than sulfate and nitrate anions. The uptake kinetics were modeled using the pseudo-second-order equation that fitted better experimental data than the pseudo-first-order equation. The particle size hardly influenced sorption isotherms and uptake kinetics, indicating that sorption occurs in the whole mass of the biosorbent and that intraparticle mass transfer resistance was not the limiting rate. Varying the sorbent dosage and the initial metal concentration influenced the equilibrium, but the kinetic parameters were not drastically modified. Metal can be eluted with hydrochloric acid, citric acid, or acidic KI solutions.
Five species of algae (Lessonia nigrescens Bory, Prionitis decipiens, Grateloupia doryphora, Lessonia trabeculata and Macrocystis integrifolia) collected from Peruvian coast have been tested for mercury recovery from synthetic solutions. Preliminary experiments showed that optimum sorption occurred at pH 6-7 and that Lessonia algae were the most efficient sorbents for Hg(II). The biomass was cross-linked with calcium chloride. Stabilized biosorbent showed sorption capacity as high as 267 mg g-1 at pH 6. The sorption isotherm was described by the Langmuir equation, while the pseudo-second order equation was used for modeling uptake kinetics. Salt addition strongly affected mercury sorption following the sequence: NaNO3 << Na2SO4 <<< NaCl.
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