Drying temperature can change the specific surface area of Phanerochaete chrysosporium pellets for copper adsorption

Wet Phanerochaete chrysosporium dried at 40 degrees C, yields about 3 times higher specific surface area (0.89 m(2)/g) than when dried at 80 degrees C (0.34 m(2)/g) or 100 degrees C (0.32 m(2)/g). An increased rate of evaporation and thermal expansion of water at the higher temperatures is probably responsible. The pellets dried at 40 degrees C have approx. twice the Cu2+ adsorption capacity (10.5 mg Cu2+/g) than the pellets dried at 80 degrees C (6.1 mg Cu2+/g) or 100 degrees C (5.8 mg Cu2+/g).