TY  - JOUR
TI  - Phytoremediation of Boron Containing Synthetic Aqueous Solutions and Real Geothermal Water using Lemna minor
AB  - In this paper, phytoremediation performance of Lemna minor L. on boron(B) removal from synthetic solution and real geothermal brine was evaluated.Effects of B concentration, initial pH, water height in cell, and initial humic acidconcentration were investigated. The maximum removal efficiency was 96.7 % withthe experimental run with B concentration of 5 mg L-1, pH 8, and 1.5 cm water depth.Increasing the B concentration from 5 to 30 mg L-1 resulted in a drastic decrease inremoval efficiency to 36.6 %, due to the toxic effect of high boron content, which wasclearly observed from deterioration of plant’s color and structure. SEM, FTIR, andmass balance analyses revealed that the boron removal mechanism was mainlybiosorption. Geothermal water experiments indicated L. minor’s applicability with59.5% removal efficiency, proving high potential in being used for post-treatmentof geothermal waters with high boron content.
AU  - Ökten, Hatice
AU  - GOREN, Aysegul Yagmur
DO  - 10.19113/sdufenbed.798630
PY  - 2021
JO  - Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi
VL  - 25
IS  - 2
SN  - 1300-7688
SP  - 217
EP  - 228
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/441805
ER  -