NATURAL SCIENCES

Journal of fundamental
and
applied researches

Efficiency of biosorption of some heavy metals by )

2011. №3, pp. 71-76

Aly-Eldeen Mohamed Abd-Elnaby - PhD student, Department of Biotechnology and Bioecology, Astrakhan State University, m_niof@yahoo.com

Aquatic plants can be useful in removing various heavy metals from metal contaminated water, since they can sorbe large amounts of heavy metals. To investigate the effects of particle size of biosorbent and temperature of aqueous solution on the metal biosorption capacity, dried biomass of Salvinia natans were selected as aquatic plant which is found in Astrakhan.

Key words: Salvinia natans, biosorption, heavy metal