Recovery of gold(III) from multi-elemental solutions by alfalfa biomass

被引:71
作者
Gamez, G
Gardea-Torresdey, JL [1 ]
Tiemann, KJ
Parsons, J
Dokken, K
Yacaman, MJ
机构
[1] Univ Texas, Dept Chem & Environm Sci & Engn, El Paso, TX 79968 USA
[2] Indiana Univ, Dept Chem, Bloomington, IN 47405 USA
[3] Univ Texas, Texas Mat Inst, Ctr Nano & Mol Technol, Austin, TX 78712 USA
[4] Univ Texas, Dept Chem Engn, Austin, TX 78712 USA
来源
ADVANCES IN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH | 2003年 / 7卷 / 02期
基金
美国国家卫生研究院;
关键词
gold recovery; metal binding; phytofiltration; alfalfa; binding affinities;
D O I
10.1016/S1093-0191(02)00021-7
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
The increasing demand for gold has encouraged the development of cost effective and environmentally friendly techniques to recycle and recover this precious metal from waste liquors. Earlier experiments have shown the appreciable ability of alfalfa shoot biomass to accumulate Au(III) from aqueous solutions. Likewise, alfalfa biomass is able to bind other metal ions in noticeable amounts. Thus, experiments with solutions containing multiple metal ions were performed in order to determine the effect of other ions on gold accumulation by alfalfa biomass. Batch laboratory experiments showed that Au(III) binds in a rapid and pH-independent-like manner in the presence of other metal ions, which agrees with experiments using solutions containing only Au(III). In addition, Au(III) was found to have one of the highest metal binding affinities to the alfalfa biomass compared to Pb(II), Cr(III), Cu(II), Zn(II), Ni(II), and Cd(II), even at the optimum binding pH for the other metal ions (pH 5.0). A similar behavior for Au(III) accumulation was observed under flow conditions. Nevertheless, it was determined that the selectivity of the immobilized alfalfa biomass could be shifted towards Au(III) by decreasing the pH of the multi-metal solution to 2.0 (similar to mining and industrial environments where aqueous gold is found). Alfalfa biomass was also found to accumulate Au(III) efficiently even when Ca and Mg ions were added to the multi-metal solutions at concentrations up to 10 000 times higher than Au(III). These results will aid the development of a novel method to recover gold ions from aqueous solutions utilizing alfalfa biomass. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:563 / 571
页数:9
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