Effective uranium biosorption by macrofungus (Russula sanguinea) from aqueous solution: equilibrium, thermodynamic and kinetic studies

  • Esra Bağda*
  • , Ahmet Sarı
  • , Mustafa Tuzen
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Russula sanguinea (R. sanguninea) macrofungus was employed as a novel cost-effective biosorbent for efficient removal of U(VI) ions from aqueous solution. FT-IR spectroscopy and SEM/EDS technique were used for morphological and chemical characterizations. The maximum adsorption capacity of the macrofungus was found as 174.3 mg/g at pH 5 and 20 °C. The kinetic data best fit with the pseudo-second-order kinetic model (r2 > 0.99 for the studied temperatures). The exothermic and spontaneous nature of the biosorption process was confirmed by the thermodynamic findings. The reusability test demonstrated that the macrofungus had a good sorption/desorption performance.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1387-1397
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
Volume317
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Sep 2018

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© 2018, Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary.

Keywords

  • Biosorption
  • Macrofungus
  • Russula sanguinea
  • Thermodynamics and kinetics
  • Uranium

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Nuclear Energy and Engineering
  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
  • Pollution
  • Spectroscopy
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

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