Research Article

Fermented Corn Stalk for Biosorption of Copper(II) from Aqueous Solution

Table 2

The capacity of biosorption and desorption for Cu(II) on fermented corn stalk for three cycles.

TimesBiosorption (mg/g)Desorption (mg/g)Recovery rate (%)

112.47 ± 0.2212.32 ± 0.2498.7
212.17 ± 0.2411.92 ± 0.2397.9
311.87 ± 0.2311.50 ± 0.2296.8