Studies were conducted toinvestigate the removal and recovery of copper (II) ions from aqueous solutions by Micrococcus sp., which was isolated from a local activated sludge process. The equilibrium of copper biosorption followed the Langmuir
isotherm model very well with a maximum biosorption capacity (qmax) of 36.5 mg of Cu2+/gofdry cell at pH 5.0 and 52.1 mg of Cu2+/g of dry cell at pH 6.0. Cells harvested at exponential growth phase and stationary phase showed similar biosorption characteristics
for copper, Copper uptake by cells was negligible at pH 2.0 and then increased rapidly with increasing pH un til 6.0. In multim
etal systems, Micrococcus sp. exhibited a preferential biosorption order: Cu−Pb>Ni−Zn. There is virtually no interference with copper uptake by Micrococcus sp. from solutions bearing high concentrations of Cl−, SO
42−
, and NO3/− (0–500 mg/L). Sulfuric acid (0.05 M) was the most efficient desorption medium, recovering >90% of the initial
copper sorbed. The copper capacity of Micrococcus sp. remained unchanged after five successive sorption and desorption cycles. Immobilization of Micrococcus sp. in 2% calcium alginate and 10% polyacrylamide gel beads increased copper uptake by 61%. Biomass of Micrococcus sp. may be applicable to the development of potentially cost-effective biosorbent for removing and recovering copper from
effluents. 相似文献
The reaction of 2‐methoxybenzyl alcohol with one molar equiv of R2AIX in diethyl ether at 0°C gives [(2‐MeOC6H4CH2‐μ‐O)AlRX]2 ( 1 : R = Et, X = Cl, 2 : R = X = Et). In addition, 2,4‐di‐tert‐butylphenol reacts with iBu3Al affording a four‐coordinated aluminum compound [(μ‐2,4‐tBu2‐C6H4O)Al(iBu)2]2 ( 4 ). Single crystal X‐ray structure analysis of 4 shows a C2h‐symmetry with a planar Al2O2 core. Ring‐opening polymerization (ROP) of caprolactones initiated by 1, 4 and [(μ‐OCH2C6H4OMe)Al(iBu)2]2 ( 3 ) is performed and polyesters with narrow molecular weight distributions were obtained from the “living” ROP of caprolactones. 1H NMR spectroscopic studies of PCL reveal that the initiator of 1 and 3 is through the Al‐OAr function, but the initiator of 4 is through the Al‐ iBu group. 相似文献
Maternal and Child Health (MCH) centres in Hong Kong offer, for children aged below six and women of childbearing age, a comprehensive range of health services regularly performed by nurses of different ranks. While each rank has its specific duties, nurses of a higher rank can step down to the work of a more junior rank when necessary. However, cross-regional deployments of nurses occur less frequently. We develop goal programming models of ‘optimal’ MCH nurses allocation. The presence and absence of nurses’ ‘cross-over’ of work functions are explicitly considered. The results show that more equitable manpower levelling can be achieved, with flexibility (in the longer term) on cross-regional deployment of nurses as a possible way of operational improvement when the entire MCH service is taken as a whole. 相似文献
Summary: In the present study, electrospinning of hyaluronic acid (HA) and hyaluronic acid/gelatin (HA‐GE) blends in N,N‐dimethylformamide (DMF)/water‐mixed solvents have been investigated. When the volume ratio of DMF to water was in the range of 1.5–0.5, HA solutions could be electrospun into fibrous membranes successfully. The average diameter of HA fibers was about 200 nm. The HA‐GE composite nanofibrous membranes with varied HA/GE weight ratio in the range of 100/20–100/100 have also been successfully fabricated. The average diameter of HA‐GE fibers was in the range of 190–500 nm. The decrease in surface tension could promote fiber formation. Thus, an introduction of DMF that could decrease the surface tension distinctively, without significant change or increase in viscosity of the solution, could bypass the use of blowing‐assisted electrospinning. Our postulated picture is that the lower surface tension could help the ejection of stream with relatively high viscosity and reduce or prevent the droplet formation during the spinning process.
HA/GE (100/80) nanofibrous membrane produced by electrospinning. 相似文献