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Surfactant-assisted bioremediation of hexavalent chromium by use of an aqueous extract of sugarcane bagasse

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Agricultural products and by-products are now widely used for removal of hexavalent chromium from waste water. This option is more efficient and less expensive than conventional physicochemical treatments. The purpose of this study was reduction of carcinogenic hexavalent chromium to non-toxic trivalent chromium by use of aqueous extracts of sugar cane bagasse, which contains a variety of reducing components, for example sugar. The rate of this process is accelerated by use of surfactant as catalyst.

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    Kakali Mukherjee, Rumpa Saha, Aniruddha Ghosh, Sumanta K. Ghosh, Pradip K. Maji & Bidyut Saha

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Mukherjee, K., Saha, R., Ghosh, A. et al. Surfactant-assisted bioremediation of hexavalent chromium by use of an aqueous extract of sugarcane bagasse. Res Chem Intermed 40, 1727–1734 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11164-013-1077-4

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