Biosorption of Uranium and Thorium by Biopolymers

摘要: Abstract Biosorption can be defined as the removal of substances, such metal or metalloid species, compounds, and particulates from solution by biological material their products, especially bacteria, algae, yeast, fungi physicochemical binding. Among these biosorbents, biopolymers have been preferred over other materials because advantages, including biodegradability, hydrophilicity, presence carboxylic groups. The increase in nuclear industry anthropogenic activities has intensified environmental pollution, with accumulation radioactive elements uranium thorium. Therefore, it is very important to identify potential effective environmentally safe adsorbents for recovery This chapter reviews state art biosorption thorium compares results found literature on Ca-alginate biopolymer beads.