Journal of Hebei University (Natural Science Edition) ›› 2017, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (5): 523-530.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-1565.2017.05.012

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Biosorption of cadmium ions from solution by nonliving Saccharomyces cerevisiae

DAI Qunwei1, 2, WANG Ke1, WANG Yan1, LI Gang1   

  1. 1. School of Environment and Resource, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, China; 2. Key Laboratory of Solid Waste Treatment and Resource Recycle, Ministry of Education, Mianyang 621010, China
  • Received:2017-03-10 Online:2017-09-25 Published:2017-09-25

Abstract: The nonliving Saccharomyces cerevisiae was utilized as biosorbent to remove Cd2+ from aqueous solution.The effects of initial pH, amount of adsorbent ρ</sub>a, initial concentration of Cd2+ ρ</sub>0 on the adsorption efficiency of Cd2+ were studied. Meanwhile, the adsorption kinetics, isotherm biosorption and SEM/EDS were investigated. The results indicated that the optimum condition for biosorption were as follows: pH=4.5~7.0, ρ</sub>a=4.0~6.0 g/L, ρ</sub>0=112.4~224.8 mg/L. The analysis of adsorption kinetics showed that the biosorption of Cd2+ by Saccharomyces cerevisiae was a rapid process.The biosorption process could be fitted with the pseudo-second-order kinetic model. The isotherm adsorption curve of Cd2+ on baker’s yeast accorded well with Langmuir and Freunlich model. Through SEM/EDS analysis, we can see that baker’s yeast cell surface tends to absorb large amounts of Cd2+ after being adsorbed for 1 440 minutes.As a consequence,nonliving Saccharomyces cerevisiae have a high biosorption efficiency for Cd2+.

Key words: Saccharomyces cerevisiae, cadmium ions, biosorption, kinetics

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