biosorbent

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noun

A biological adsorbent

Scrabble 14

Meanings

nounbiosorbent (plural biosorbents)

plural biosorbents

  1. A biological adsorbent

    The first (Q o ) is attributed to the maximum capacity of biosorption to complete saturation of the biosorbent, and the second (b) is a constant related to the affinity between biosorbent and sorbate.

    2015 September 10, “Chromium Biosorption from Cr(VI) Aqueous Solutions by Cupressus lusitanica Bark: Kinetics, Equilibrium and Thermodynamic Studies”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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