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Cr(VI) and Cr(III) speciation on Bacillus sphaericus loaded diaion SP-850 resin

  • Mustafa Tuzen
  • , Ozgur Dogan Uluozlu
  • , Mustafa Soylak*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A speciation procedure for chromium(III) and chromium(VI) in the environmental samples has been established in the presented work. The procedure presented based on quantitative biosorption of chromium(III) on Bacillus sphaericus loaded Diaion SP-850 at pH 5. The Cr(VI) recoveries at pH 5 were below 5% on the biosorbent. After reduction of Cr(VI) by concentrated H2SO4 and ethanol, the system was applied to the total chromium. Cr(VI) was calculated as the difference between the total chromium content and the Cr(III) content. Optimal analytical conditions including pH, amounts of biosorbent, etc. for Cr(III) recoveries were investigated. The influences of the some alkaline and earth alkaline ions and some transition metals on the recoveries were also investigated. The capacity of biosorbent for chromium(III) was 6.95 mg g-1. The detection limit (3 sigma) of the reagent blank for chromium(III) was 0.50 μg L-1. The procedure was successfully applied to the speciation of chromium(III) and chromium(VI) in natural water samples (R.S.D. lower than 5%, recoveries greater than 95%).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)549-555
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Hazardous Materials
Volume144
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 6 May 2007
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The authors are grateful for the financial support of the Unit of the Scientific Research Projects of Gaziosmanpasa University and the Unit of the Scientific Research Projects of Erciyes University. The authors also thank to Dr. C. Usta for her helps.

Keywords

  • Atomic absorption spectrometry
  • Bacillus sphaericus
  • Biosorption
  • Chromium
  • Diaion SP-850
  • Speciation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Environmental Engineering
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Waste Management and Disposal
  • Pollution
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

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