TY - JOUR
T1 - Transport Studies for the Sorption of Copper Ions by Chitosan
AU - Findon, Ann
AU - McKay, Gordon
AU - Blair, Hal S.
PY - 1993
Y1 - 1993
N2 - The ability of chitosan, prepared from waste prawn shell, to sorb copper (II) ions from aqueous solutions has been studied. Equilibrium studies show that chitosan has a maximum sorption capacity for copper ions of about 40 mg/g chitosan. The mass transport characteristics have been investigated by monitoring the kinetics in an agitated batch adsorber. An external mass transfer coefficient and an intraparticle diffusion rate parameter have been determined for a number of system variables including agitation, initial copper ion concentration, chitosan mass, chitosan particle size and solution temperature.
AB - The ability of chitosan, prepared from waste prawn shell, to sorb copper (II) ions from aqueous solutions has been studied. Equilibrium studies show that chitosan has a maximum sorption capacity for copper ions of about 40 mg/g chitosan. The mass transport characteristics have been investigated by monitoring the kinetics in an agitated batch adsorber. An external mass transfer coefficient and an intraparticle diffusion rate parameter have been determined for a number of system variables including agitation, initial copper ion concentration, chitosan mass, chitosan particle size and solution temperature.
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U2 - 10.1080/10934529309375870
DO - 10.1080/10934529309375870
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0027463511
SN - 1077-1204
VL - 28
SP - 173
EP - 185
JO - Journal of Environmental Science and Health. Part A: Environmental Science and Engineering and Toxicology
JF - Journal of Environmental Science and Health. Part A: Environmental Science and Engineering and Toxicology
IS - 1
ER -