Biosorption of Lanthanides from Aqueous Solutions Using Pretreated Buccinum tenuissimum Shell Biomass

Table 7

Comparison of adsorption capacity of the biomass for lanthanides with that of different biosorbents for lanthanides including other elements.

Biosorbent	Element	pH	𝑞m/mg⋅g^-1	Reference
Portumus sanguinolentus	La	5	140	[5]
Platanus orientalis	La	4	28.7	[6]
Platanus orientalis	Ce	4	32.1	[6]
Sargassum polycystum	La	5	139	[8]
Sargassum polycystum	Eu	5	152	[8]
Sargassum polycystum	Yb	5	155	[8]
Drepanocladus revolvens	Hg	5.5	94.4	[15]
Xanthoparmelia conspersa	Hg	6	82.8	[16]
Ceramium virgatum	Cd	5	39.7	[17]
Ulva lactuca	Pb	5	34.7	[18]
Ulva lactuca	Cd	5	29.2	[18]
Cladophora hutchinsiae	Ce	5	74.9	[19]
Buccinum tenuissimum	Ln*	5	6.20*	Present study

∗Ln stands for lanthanides (La–Lu), and 𝑞_𝑚 in this table shows the summation of that of each lanthanide