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Removal of copper (ii) ions from aqueous solutions by an isolated Fungal strain from mangrove soil environment in the Southeast Borneo

Heavy metal released into the environment is increasing continuously as an impact from industrialization and technological advancement. Industrial effluents containing heavy metals as well as the electronic wastes from various electrical and electronic industries contributed immensely to heavy me...

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Main Authors: Wahab, A.A., Ahmad, Husaini, Azham, Zulkharnain, Tay, Meng Guan, Hairul, Roslan
Format: Proceeding
Language:English
Published: 2014
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Q Science (General)
QD Chemistry
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spelling my.unimas.ir.135892022-01-04T03:08:10Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/13589/ Removal of copper (ii) ions from aqueous solutions by an isolated Fungal strain from mangrove soil environment in the Southeast Borneo Wahab, A.A. Ahmad, Husaini Azham, Zulkharnain Tay, Meng Guan Hairul, Roslan Q Science (General) QD Chemistry Heavy metal released into the environment is increasing continuously as an impact from industrialization and technological advancement. Industrial effluents containing heavy metals as well as the electronic wastes from various electrical and electronic industries contributed immensely to heavy metal pollution particularly Cu(II) ions. The use of biomaterials for removing heavy metals from contaminated soil and wastewater has emerged as a potential alternative method to the conventional techniques. The aim of this study is to isolate fungal strain capable of removing copper ions from aqueous solution. The study was able to isolate a fungal strain, identified as Penicillium citrinum UMAS B2 which showed an excellent potential for copper ion removal from aqueous solution. The uptake of Cu (II) ions was investigated and the biosorption experiments were carried out in batch mode. The experimental results showed that the maximum uptake of Cu (II) ions was obtained at pH 7 and temperature of 300 C. The maximum removal was obtained at 50mgL-1 of metal concentration with uptake of 5.566±0.960 mg/L. The observation in this study showed that the newly isolated Penicillium citrinum UMAS B2 can be used as a biosorbent for an efficient removal of Cu(II) ions from aqueous solution. 2014 Proceeding NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/13589/1/REMOVAL%20OF%20COPPER.pdf Wahab, A.A. and Ahmad, Husaini and Azham, Zulkharnain and Tay, Meng Guan and Hairul, Roslan (2014) Removal of copper (ii) ions from aqueous solutions by an isolated Fungal strain from mangrove soil environment in the Southeast Borneo. In: 32nd Symposium of the Malaysian Society for Microbiology (MSM 2014), Terengganu Equestrian Resort, Malaysia..
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topic Q Science (General)
QD Chemistry
spellingShingle Q Science (General)
QD Chemistry
Wahab, A.A.
Ahmad, Husaini
Azham, Zulkharnain
Tay, Meng Guan
Hairul, Roslan
Removal of copper (ii) ions from aqueous solutions by an isolated Fungal strain from mangrove soil environment in the Southeast Borneo
description Heavy metal released into the environment is increasing continuously as an impact from industrialization and technological advancement. Industrial effluents containing heavy metals as well as the electronic wastes from various electrical and electronic industries contributed immensely to heavy metal pollution particularly Cu(II) ions. The use of biomaterials for removing heavy metals from contaminated soil and wastewater has emerged as a potential alternative method to the conventional techniques. The aim of this study is to isolate fungal strain capable of removing copper ions from aqueous solution. The study was able to isolate a fungal strain, identified as Penicillium citrinum UMAS B2 which showed an excellent potential for copper ion removal from aqueous solution. The uptake of Cu (II) ions was investigated and the biosorption experiments were carried out in batch mode. The experimental results showed that the maximum uptake of Cu (II) ions was obtained at pH 7 and temperature of 300 C. The maximum removal was obtained at 50mgL-1 of metal concentration with uptake of 5.566±0.960 mg/L. The observation in this study showed that the newly isolated Penicillium citrinum UMAS B2 can be used as a biosorbent for an efficient removal of Cu(II) ions from aqueous solution.
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author Wahab, A.A.
Ahmad, Husaini
Azham, Zulkharnain
Tay, Meng Guan
Hairul, Roslan
author_facet Wahab, A.A.
Ahmad, Husaini
Azham, Zulkharnain
Tay, Meng Guan
Hairul, Roslan
author_sort Wahab, A.A.
title Removal of copper (ii) ions from aqueous solutions by an isolated Fungal strain from mangrove soil environment in the Southeast Borneo
title_short Removal of copper (ii) ions from aqueous solutions by an isolated Fungal strain from mangrove soil environment in the Southeast Borneo
title_full Removal of copper (ii) ions from aqueous solutions by an isolated Fungal strain from mangrove soil environment in the Southeast Borneo
title_fullStr Removal of copper (ii) ions from aqueous solutions by an isolated Fungal strain from mangrove soil environment in the Southeast Borneo
title_full_unstemmed Removal of copper (ii) ions from aqueous solutions by an isolated Fungal strain from mangrove soil environment in the Southeast Borneo
title_sort removal of copper (ii) ions from aqueous solutions by an isolated fungal strain from mangrove soil environment in the southeast borneo
publishDate 2014
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/13589/1/REMOVAL%20OF%20COPPER.pdf
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