Ağır metal iyonlarının tarımsal atıklar ile biyosorpsiyonunun araştırılması.

Water is an essential source for the sustainable of life. Industrial, agricultural and human activities contribute to pollution of water sources. Heavy metals are one of the most important contaminants in the water sources. They are toxic elements even at low concentration which can cause severe diseases. Chemical, physical and biological treatment methods are used to remove the heavy metals from the water sources with a different degree of success. Low-cost by-products from agricultural have been recognized as an eco friendly and economically solution for the removal of heavy metals. The objectives of this study were (1) characterization of the biomass, (2) assessment of the biosorption experiments of the biomass to compare Cu(II) and Zn(II), and (3)analysis of the biosorption ability of the biomass. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]