Removal of heavy metal Ions from mixed solutions via polymer-enhanced ultrafiltration using starch as a water-soluble biopolymer

• Main Authors: Baharuddin, N.H., Sulaiman, N.M.N., Aroua, M.K.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy 2015
• Subjects: T Technology (General); TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General); TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/13753/1/Removal_of_Heavy_Metal_Ions_from_Mixed_Solutions_via_Polymer.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/13753/; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ep.11995/full

In this study, aqueous solutions containing mixtures of heavy metals namely Zn (II), Pb (II), Cr (III), and Cr (VI) were treated by polymer-enhanced ultrafiltration (PEUF) using unmodified starch as binding biopolymer. The performance of starch in removing these heavy metals was compared with that o...