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Continuous biosorption process for removal of lead and copper by laboratory scale fixed-bed reactor was carried out using Ca-loadedLaminaria japonica. All biosorption processes were observed as cation exchange such as Pb2+ vs. Ca2+, Cu2+ vs. Ca2+, and Pb2+ vs. Cu2+. The affinity of lead ions towardsL. japonica was stronger than that of copper ions because the initial amount of desorbed Cu2+ in Cu-Pb system was higher than that of eluted Pb2+ in Pb-Cu system.
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Lee, H.S., Suh, J.H. Continuous biosorption of heavy metal ions by Ca-loadedlaminaria japonica in fixed bed column. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 17, 477–479 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02706864
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