Chitosan and gum arabic nanoparticles for heavy metal adsorption

Abstract Chitosan (CT) is a polysaccharide with the ability to adsorb metals on its surface. In this work, CT-based nanoparticles (NPs) are produced by complex formation with gum arabic (GA) to increase their adsorbent potential for removal of heavy metals in aqueous medium. Adsorption efficiency is...

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Main Authors: Flavia Oliveira Monteiro da Silva Abreu, Nilvan Alves da Silva, Mateus de Sousa Sipauba, Tamara Fernandes Marques Pires, Tatiana Araújo Bomfim, Oyrton Azevedo de Castro Monteiro Junior, Maria Madalena de Camargo Forte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Polímeros 2018-07-01
Series:Polímeros
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-14282018000300231&lng=en&tlng=en