Research Article

Zirconium-Doped Fungal Sorbents: Preparation, Characterization, Adsorption Isotherm, and Kinetic and Mathematical Modelling Study for Removal of Fluoride

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XPS plot of zirconium-doped (a) Penicillium camemberti SIT-CH-1, (b) Aspergillus ficuum SIT-CH-2, (c) Aspergillus terreus SIT-CH-3, and (d) Aspergillus flavipes SIT-CH-4 biomass before and after adsorption at pH 2. Inset: enlarged spectra with zirconium peak at 185 eV.
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