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Biosorption of cadmium ions using Pleurotus ostreatus: Growth kinetics, isotherm study and biosorption mechanism

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The mycelial growth kinetics, cadmium biosorption capacity and main governing biosorption mechanism of Pleurotus ostreatus (oyster mushroom) have been determined in this study. The fungus mycelium exhibits a sigmoidal (S-shaped) growth curve in which the growth rates for the lag and exponential phases are 0.1 and 0.31 g/L·day, respectively. The grown fungus is subjected to elemental, infra-red and scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy analyses, while biosorption data are fitted to established adsorption isotherm models, namely, Langmuir, Freundlich and Dubinin-Radushkevich. It is strongly suggested that the main governing mechanism involved is chemisorption due to good fitting of biosorption data to Langmuir and Dubinin-Radushkevich models with possibility of involvement of both ion exchange and complexation. Data presented in the study are very useful for design of future pilot- or industrial-scale biosorption water purification systems.

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  1. Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia

    Chia Chay Tay, Hong Hooi Liew, Suhaimi Abdul-Talib & Afiza Abdullah Suhaimi

  2. Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Chia Chay Tay

  3. School of Chemical and Mathematical Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, 6150, Australia

    Chun-Yang Yin

  4. School of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600, UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

    Salmijah Surif

  5. International Education Centre, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40200, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia

    Soon Kong Yong

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Tay, C.C., Liew, H.H., Yin, CY. et al. Biosorption of cadmium ions using Pleurotus ostreatus: Growth kinetics, isotherm study and biosorption mechanism. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 28, 825–830 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-010-0435-9

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