Anaerobic Cr(VI) Bioaccumulation: Application to Industrial Wastewater and Soil Matrices in Jordan

Sharif H. Arar; Rasha A. Abu Eid; Manar K. Fayyad

doi:10.14233/ajchem.2015.18485

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Vol. 27 No. 3 (2015): Vol 27 Issue 3

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Anaerobic Cr(VI) Bioaccumulation: Application to Industrial Wastewater and Soil Matrices in Jordan

https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2015.18485

Sharif H. Arar

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, The University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan

Rasha A. Abu Eid

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, The University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan

Manar K. Fayyad

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, The University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan

Corresponding Author(s) : Sharif H. Arar

s.arar@ju.edu.jo, sharifarar@yahoo.com

Asian Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 27 No. 3 (2015): Vol 27 Issue 3
Article Published : January 18, 2015

Abstract

Chromium(VI) in the form of CrO₄^2- or Cr₂O₇^2- is known to be very toxic causing cell mutation and imposing serious health and environmental impact that mandates the removal of this toxic element. In this study, an investigation of the anaerobic Cr(VI) bioaccumulation by microbial biomass originated from wastewater influent utility was conducted and optimized for different conditions and parameters. These parameters include Cr(VI) initial concentration, nutrient type and concentration, temperature and pH. The obtained results indicated that the bioaccumulation process involves an adsorption, coupled with metabolic reduction mechanism. This bioaccumulation varies inversely with pH, proportionally with temperature, proportionally with Cr(VI) initial concentration in the presence of sucrose as nutrient; and inversely with Cr(VI) initial concentration when using glycerol and sodium acetate as nutrients. The optimum conditions for best removal of Cr(VI) were 11 ppm of Cr(VI) initial concentration, 20 mM sucrose, at 60 °C and pH = 1. The optimized conditions were applied to industrial wastewater sample and soil sample from Arab Aluminum Industries plant in Jordan. The percentages of removal of Cr(VI) were 91 and 93 %, respectively over 8 days at 25 °C making it a potential efficient and low cost remediation method for Cr(VI) removal.

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Cromium(VI) Industrial wastewater Anaerobic Bioaccumulation E. coli Cr(VI) reduction Biosorption

H. Arar, S., A. Abu Eid, R., & K. Fayyad, M. (2015). Anaerobic Cr(VI) Bioaccumulation: Application to Industrial Wastewater and Soil Matrices in Jordan. Asian Journal of Chemistry, 27(3), 1143–1146. https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2015.18485

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Anaerobic Cr(VI) Bioaccumulation: Application to Industrial Wastewater and Soil Matrices in Jordan

Corresponding Author(s) : Sharif H. Arar

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