Adsorption capacity was studied having seaweed Undaria pinnatifida sp. in adsorption of metal ions of zinc and cadmium to an individual system (monometallic) and mixtures (bimetal) of an aqueous solution. We studied this process preliminarily, contact time, pH of the biopolymer solution and treatment. The kinetic study of the behavior determined that the adsorption system was pseudo second-order equation using the Langergren (initial concentration 50mg/L, weight = 0,4g biopolymer, pH = 3 - 5). The nonlinear modeling the Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm, the Langmuir model obtained a better correlation coefficient close to unity, determining the maximum sorption capacity of metals such as zinc ions was qmax = 44,91mg/g and cadmium qmax = 102,38 mg/g at pH = 4 at a contact time of 60 minutes, with the alga in untreated monometallic system, being more efficient for the ion adsorption cadmiu...

Adsorption capacity was studied having seaweed Undaria pinnatifida sp. in adsorption of metal ions of zinc and cadmium to an individual system (monometallic) and mixtures (bimetal) of an aqueous solution. We studied this process preliminarily, contact time, pH of the biopolymer solution and treatment. The kinetic study of the behavior determined that the adsorption system was pseudo second-order equation using the Langergren (initial concentration 50mg/L, weight = 0,4g biopolymer, pH = 3 - 5). The nonlinear modeling the Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm, the Langmuir model obtained a better correlation coefficient close to unity, determining the maximum sorption capacity of metals such as zinc ions was qmax = 44,91mg/g and cadmium qmax = 102,38 mg/g at pH = 4 at a contact time of 60 minutes, with the alga in untreated monometallic system, being more efficient for the ion adsorption cadmiu...