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Novel Biomaterials [electronic resource] : Decontamination of Toxic Metals from Wastewater / by Shalini Srivastava, Pritee Goyal.

By: Srivastava, Shalini [author.].
Contributor(s): Goyal, Pritee [author.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Environmental Science and Engineering: Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010Description: X, 190p. 42 illus. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783642113291.Subject(s): Environmental sciences | Environmental toxicology | Environmental pollution | Biomaterials | Environment | Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution | Ecotoxicology | BiomaterialsDDC classification: 363.7394 | 363.73946 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Heavy Metals: Environmental Threat -- Detoxification of Metals – Biochelation -- Metal Decontamination: Techniques Used So Far -- Existing Metal Removal Technologies: Demerits -- Hyperaccumulation: A Phytoremedial Approach -- Biosorption: A Promising Green Approach -- Biosorption: Mechanistic Aspects -- Biosorbents Used So Far -- Biosorption: Application Strategies -- Designing of Experiments -- Interpretations -- Sorption Isotherms and Kinetics -- Reusability of Biomaterial: A Cost-Effective Approach -- Characterization of Metal–Biomaterial Interaction -- Protein as Possible Bioactive Principle -- Novel Biomaterials – Commercialization Approach.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: Current research revolves around trends to bring technology into harmony with the natural environment and in order to protect the ecosystem. Bioremediation involves processes which reduce the overall treatment costs by using agricultural residues. Regeneration of the biosorbent further increases the cost effectiveness of the process, thus warranting its future success in solving water quality problems. Special emphasis is paid to chemical modifications resulting in tailored novel biomaterials which improve its sorption efficiency and environmental stability. In this way it can be used commercially as a simple, fast, economical, ecofriendly green technology, for the removal of toxic metals from waste water particularly in rural and remote areas of the country.
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Heavy Metals: Environmental Threat -- Detoxification of Metals – Biochelation -- Metal Decontamination: Techniques Used So Far -- Existing Metal Removal Technologies: Demerits -- Hyperaccumulation: A Phytoremedial Approach -- Biosorption: A Promising Green Approach -- Biosorption: Mechanistic Aspects -- Biosorbents Used So Far -- Biosorption: Application Strategies -- Designing of Experiments -- Interpretations -- Sorption Isotherms and Kinetics -- Reusability of Biomaterial: A Cost-Effective Approach -- Characterization of Metal–Biomaterial Interaction -- Protein as Possible Bioactive Principle -- Novel Biomaterials – Commercialization Approach.

Current research revolves around trends to bring technology into harmony with the natural environment and in order to protect the ecosystem. Bioremediation involves processes which reduce the overall treatment costs by using agricultural residues. Regeneration of the biosorbent further increases the cost effectiveness of the process, thus warranting its future success in solving water quality problems. Special emphasis is paid to chemical modifications resulting in tailored novel biomaterials which improve its sorption efficiency and environmental stability. In this way it can be used commercially as a simple, fast, economical, ecofriendly green technology, for the removal of toxic metals from waste water particularly in rural and remote areas of the country.

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