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Industrial lignins as efficient biosorbents for Cr(vi) water remediation: transforming a waste into an added value material

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Marianna Vescovi, Matteo Melegari, Cristina Gazzurelli, Monica Maffini, Claudio Mucchino, Paolo P. Mazzeo, Mauro Carcelli, Jacopo Perego, A. Migliori, Giuliano Leonardi, Suvi Pietarinen, Pavel N. Zolotarev, Dominga Rogolino

Summary

Researchers demonstrated that industrial lignins and lignin-based materials can effectively remove hexavalent chromium from water, transforming a paper industry byproduct into an efficient biosorbent for heavy metal remediation in a circular economy approach.

Effective Cr( vi ) water remediation can be obtained by using industrial lignins and lignin-based materials from a circular economy perspective.

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