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Talanta

Volume 37, Issue 7, July 1990, Pages 707-710
Talanta

An atomic-emission study of the removal and recovery of chromium from solution by an algal biomass (Chlorella vulgaris)

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Abstract

Inductively coupled plasma atomic-emission spectrometry has been used to study the removal of chromium, principally in the sexivalent oxidation state, from solution by an algal biomass, Chlorella vulgaris, and its subsequent recovery. Binding of the chromium at the 5–100 μg/ml level was maximal (75%) at pH 3 within 3 min, with 5 mg of algae. Quantitative recovery of chromium was achieved by lowering the pH. The algae could be used four times in removal/recovery cycles before losing their 75% removal efficiency.

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