[article]
Titre : |
Spongy Hydrogels of Cyanobacterial Polyanions Mediate Energy-Saving Electrolytic Metal-Refinement |
Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
Auteurs : |
Maiko K. Okajima, Auteur ; Masatoshi Nakamura, Auteur ; Tetsuya Ogawa, Auteur |
Année de publication : |
2012 |
Article en page(s) : |
pp. 8704-8707 |
Note générale : |
Industrial chemistry |
Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
Mots-clés : |
Energy conservation |
Résumé : |
The freeze-drying of anionic megamolecules extracted from gelatinous cyanobacteria, Aphanothece sacrum, formed spongy materials capable of metal adsorption to form hydrogels. Cryogenic-transmission electron microscopy demonstrated that thicker nanofibers were formed in sacran/In3+ complexes than in sacran/Sn4+. The preferential sorption of In3+ into the hydrogels occurred in the mixed solution of In3+ and Sn4+ with concentrations below 40 mM. Since In3+ was condensed in the sponges, electrolytic refinement of indium was made using the ion-complex hydrogels at room temperature to obtain indium metal foil at a pure grade over 99.9%. Furthermore, the sponges were recovered and used again, to successfully obtain highly pure indium metal, in even the second and third trials. Thus epochal energy-saving methods for indium refinement were established using spongy hydrogels of cyanobacterial polyanions.
Revue / Journal Title |
ISSN : |
0888-5885 |
En ligne : |
http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=26066799 |
in Industrial & engineering chemistry research > Vol. 51 N° 25 (Juin 2012) . - pp. 8704-8707
[article] Spongy Hydrogels of Cyanobacterial Polyanions Mediate Energy-Saving Electrolytic Metal-Refinement [texte imprimé] / Maiko K. Okajima, Auteur ; Masatoshi Nakamura, Auteur ; Tetsuya Ogawa, Auteur . - 2012 . - pp. 8704-8707. Industrial chemistry Langues : Anglais ( eng) in Industrial & engineering chemistry research > Vol. 51 N° 25 (Juin 2012) . - pp. 8704-8707
Mots-clés : |
Energy conservation |
Résumé : |
The freeze-drying of anionic megamolecules extracted from gelatinous cyanobacteria, Aphanothece sacrum, formed spongy materials capable of metal adsorption to form hydrogels. Cryogenic-transmission electron microscopy demonstrated that thicker nanofibers were formed in sacran/In3+ complexes than in sacran/Sn4+. The preferential sorption of In3+ into the hydrogels occurred in the mixed solution of In3+ and Sn4+ with concentrations below 40 mM. Since In3+ was condensed in the sponges, electrolytic refinement of indium was made using the ion-complex hydrogels at room temperature to obtain indium metal foil at a pure grade over 99.9%. Furthermore, the sponges were recovered and used again, to successfully obtain highly pure indium metal, in even the second and third trials. Thus epochal energy-saving methods for indium refinement were established using spongy hydrogels of cyanobacterial polyanions.
Revue / Journal Title |
ISSN : |
0888-5885 |
En ligne : |
http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=26066799 |
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