“Bio-nano” for water treatment

Description
Biomaterials, biopolymers, and biomolecules from plants and microbes have a high affinity for binding various metals and can effectively remove metals from waters over a pH range of 3 to 8. These unmodified and modified bio-materials and modified activated carbons have considerable potential in numerous applications

Implications
Potential advantages for water treatment include faster kinetics, higher loading capacities, metal removal to lower levels, and at lower cost. Various nano bio-particles also have applications in medicine and in the food and beverage industries

Research Group Contacts
MAC Technology Center

Dr. Jack Adams and Professor Jan D. Miller of the Department of Metallurgy and Dr. Terry Chatwin of the Utah Engineering Experiment Station

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