title: Biosorption of cadmium(II) and lead(II) ions from aqueous solutions onto dried activated sludge.
abstract: The removal of heavy-metal ions from aqueous solutions by using dried activated sludge has been investigated in batch systems. Effect of solution pH, initial metal ion concentration, and temperature were determined. The results of the kinetic studies showed that the uptake processes of the two metal ions(Cd(lII) and Pb(ll)) followed the pseudo-second-order rate expression. The equilibrium data fitted very well to both the Langmuir and Freundlich adsorption models. The FT-IR analysis showed that the main mechanism of Cd(ll) and Pb(II) biosorption onto dried activated sludge was their binding with amide I group.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China. xjwang3@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Xue-jiang
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Si-qing
authors.initials: SQ
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Ling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jian-fu
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Jean-marc
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Chovelon
authors.forename: Jaffrezic-renault
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Nicole
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D002104:Cadmium / Q000378:metabolism*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007700:Kinetics; D007854:Lead / Q000378:metabolism*; D012722:Sewage; D012996:Solutions; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D013696:Temperature; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D012722:Sewage; D012996:Solutions; D002104:Cadmium; D014867:Water; D007854:Lead