• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.33 no.1
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• pp.60-65
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• 2000

Biosorptions of Cr and Pb were evaluated for 23 species of marine algae collected from a Korean coast. Among a variety of species for biosorbent potential, Sargassum species showed higher uptake capacity for Cr and Pb. An adsorption equilibrium was reached in about 1 hr for Cr and 30 min for Pb. The maximum uptake capacity was136.0 mg Cr/g biomass and 232.5 mg Pb/g biomass, respectively. In Pb biosorption in the column packed with Sargassum tbunbertii, 300 and 200 bed Tolumes at the concentration of 50 mg/L in feed solution were processed at the column residence time of 5 and 10 min before the column breakthrough point occurred. The elutions with 0.1 M HCl solution were more than $95{\%}$. The high efficiency of continous biesorntion and elution (3 cycles) indicated that Sargassum thunbergii was an effective biosorbent for Pb recovery.