Using of Chroococcus sp. to Treat Polluted Water with Cadmium & Nickel

Authors

  • Ithar Kamil Al-Mayaly Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Baghdad, Iraq.
  • Altaf A. Issa Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Baghdad, Iraq.
  • Abbas M. Ismail Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Baghdad, Iraq.

Keywords:

Biosorption, Alga, Wastewater, Cadmium, Nickel

Abstract

Chroococcus sp. was exposed to different concentrations 0.3, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 ppm, from cadmium and nickel. The results revealed that the ability of the alga to remove cadmium and nickel was increased with the increase of the metal concentration which the alga exposed to them and this case does not record before. This may relate to mechanisms of adsorption and removal which not understood perfectly till now according to many researches that concerned with this field of studies. It was noticed that the removal percentage of cadmium reaches to 77.66 & 76% in the two higher concentrations 6 & 7 ppm, which exposed to the alga till the last day (twelve days) from the experiment, but same percentage (77.66 & 76%) was recorded on the eighth day of the experiment to remove nickel and decrease to 12.5 & 28% on the last day of the experiment for the above two concentrations.

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2012-07-01

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Al-Mayaly, I. K., Issa, A. A., & Ismail, A. M. (2012). Using of Chroococcus sp. to Treat Polluted Water with Cadmium & Nickel. Advances in BioScience, 3(3), 149–151. Retrieved from https://journals.sospublication.co.in/ab/article/view/96

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Vol. 3 No. 3 (2012): July

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