Characteristics of heavy metal adsorption by Korean marine algae

Removal of heavy metal ions from aqueous solution by brown sea weeds (Hizikia fusiformis, Laminaria, and Undaria pinnatifida) was 80-96% for lead, cadmium, chromium and copper ions. Fifty percent of the adsorption was completed in 4 min. The uptake of lead and cadmium ions followed Langmuir adsorption. In the adsorption experiments using single and multi metal ions 80-95% of metal ions were removed, and the removal efficiency was the best for lead ion.

3종의 생물흡착제에 대하여 5가지 중금속 이온 용액의 pH가 $4{\sim}8$일 때 크롬이온은 흡착이 감소하였고 구리이온은 흡착이 증가하였으며, 특정한 실험환경(pH4, $21^{\circ}C$, 120RPM교반)에서 교반시간이 60분일 때 흡착평형이 이루어졌으며 최대흡착율에 도달하였으며, Langmuir흡착 등온식이 Freundlich 흡착 등온식보다 더 높은 상관계수를 나타내며 단일-혼합 중금속 흡착 실험에서 카드뮴과 망간을 제외하고는 모두 80%이상, 납에서 95%의 흡착성능을 보였다.