TY - JOUR T1 - Kinetic and Equilibrium Models for the Biosorption of Cr (III) on Streptomyces rimosus AU - , M.N. Sahmoune AU - , K. Louhab AU - , A. Boukhiar JO - Research Journal of Applied Sciences VL - 3 IS - 4 SP - 294 EP - 301 PY - 2008 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1815-932x DO - rjasci.2008.294.301 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjasci.2008.294.301 KW - Trivalent chromium KW -Streptomyces rimosus KW -kinetics KW -intraparticle diffusion KW -equilibrium models AB - The biosorption data of trivalent chromium by Streptomyces rimosus has been used for kinetic studies based on fractional power, Elovich, pseudo-first order and pseudo-second order rate expressions. The time-dependent Cr (III) biosorption data were well-described by pseudo-second-order kinetic model. The intraparticle diffusion is not the rate-limiting step for the whole reaction. The Temkin, Freundlich, Dubinin-Radushkevich and Langmuir biosorption models were used for the mathematical description of the biosorption equilibrium of Cr (III) ions to S. rimosus. It was found that the biosorption equilibrium data fitted well to the Langmuir. ER -