Translocation of Cations During Sorption of Copper in the System Solution - Algae (Spirogyra sp.)/Translokacja Kationów Podczas Procesu Sorpcji Miedzi W Układzie Roztwór - Glony (Spirogyra Sp.)

Kinetics of the sorption of copper cations in Spirogyra sp. algae was analysed, together with the accompanying processes of hydrogen cations sorption and releasing to the solution the cations bonded in the algae: Na⁺, Mg²⁺, K⁺ and Ca²⁺. It was established that, in a static system, at the fixed proportion of algae mass to the solution volume, these processes occur simultaneously, however presumably the quantity of the released salts influences the parameters of heterophase equilibrium of ion exchange. In the experiment conditions, the quantity of the released cations was nearly 10 times larger than the quantity of the sorbed cations. The equilibrium parameters, determined from the model of pseudo second order reaction, were compared with the parameters obtained after 30 min of the process duration, ie at relatively stable indications of measuring equipment. On the example of the sorbed copper, the difference is approximately 8%. It was confirmed that the solution conductivity is a good parameter for the estimation of the state close to equilibrium.