Alginate Production from Alternative Carbon Sources and Use of Polymer Based Adsorbent in Heavy Metal Removal
Joint Authors
Kıvılcımdan Moral, Çiğdem
Yıldız, Merve
Source
International Journal of Polymer Science
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-04-06
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Alginate is a biopolymer composed of mannuronic and guluronic acids.
It is harvested from marine brown algae; however, alginate can also be synthesized by some bacterial species, namely, Azotobacter and Pseudomonas.
Use of pure carbohydrate sources for bacterial alginate production increases its cost and limits the chance of the polymer in the industrial market.
In order to reduce the cost of bacterial alginate production, molasses, maltose, and starch were utilized as alternative low cost carbon sources in this study.
Results were promising in the case of molasses with the maximum 4.67 g/L of alginate production.
Alginates were rich in mannuronic acid during early fermentation independent of the carbon sources while the highest guluronic acid content was obtained as 68% in the case of maltose.
The polymer was then combined with clinoptilolite, which is a natural zeolite, to remove copper from a synthetic wastewater.
Alginate-clinoptilolite beads were efficiently adsorbed copper up to 131.6 mg Cu2+/g adsorbent at pH 4.5 according to the Langmuir isotherm model.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Kıvılcımdan Moral, Çiğdem& Yıldız, Merve. 2016. Alginate Production from Alternative Carbon Sources and Use of Polymer Based Adsorbent in Heavy Metal Removal. International Journal of Polymer Science،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-8.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Kıvılcımdan Moral, Çiğdem& Yıldız, Merve. Alginate Production from Alternative Carbon Sources and Use of Polymer Based Adsorbent in Heavy Metal Removal. International Journal of Polymer Science No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1106835
American Medical Association (AMA)
Kıvılcımdan Moral, Çiğdem& Yıldız, Merve. Alginate Production from Alternative Carbon Sources and Use of Polymer Based Adsorbent in Heavy Metal Removal. International Journal of Polymer Science. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1106835
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1106835