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The presence of highly toxic cyanides in the effluent of coke oven of steel industries is considered as a critical problem. Owing to high levels of toxicity, control and removal of cyanide are of great importance in this industry. Biological removal of cyanides by indigenous microorganisms offers inexpensive, safe and environmentally compatible option in comparison with chemical and physical methods. The present study primarily focused on the isolation and purification of the microorganisms which utilize cyanide as the sole source of Nitrogen in alkaline conditions. The isolated bacterial strains were investigated through variety of bacteriological and biochemical reactions as well as... 

Cyanide ion is one of the materials used in various industries related to metallurgy, the release of which in the environment causes water, air and soil pollution. Numerous researchers have used different methods to remove this pollutant from the environment. Comparing these methods with each other, photocatalytic processes have attracted a lot of attention due to the use of sunlight as a sustainable energy source, good efficiency, low cost, etc. Therefore, in the present study, first the heat-treated graphite carbon-nitride photocatalyst was synthesized and then characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) tests, infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), scattered reflectance spectroscopy (DRS),... 

HCN is a highly valuable precursor to many chemical compounds ranging from polymers to pharmaceutical. Although cyanide can be destroyed and recovered by several processes, it is still widely discussed and examined due to its potential toxicity and environmental impact. The treatment methods for cyanide in common use today are physicochemical processes which have high operating costs and also produce chemical waste. Recently, biological processes have been studied because they are inexpensive and no effect to the environment. Therefore to achieve this object, Stimulation of indigenous microorganisms for waste degradation is a common technology. The process effluent from the gold extraction... 

In this research, an amperometric inhibition biosensor for the detection of cyanide has been fabricated by immobilization of the horseradish peroxidase (HRP) on the surface of glassy carbone electrode (GCE). Chitosan/acrylamide was applied for immobilization of HRP on the working electrode. All electrochemical measurement were carried out with three electrode: Ag/AgCl electrode as reference electrode, GCE as working electrode and platinium electrode as counter electrode which immersed in phosphate buffer solution. The amperometric measurement was done at an applied potential of -100 mV versus Ag/AgCl with a scan rate of 100 mV in the presence of hydroquinone as electron mediator and... 

In this research project, It has been investigated the ability of thenoyltrifluoroacetone (HTTA) as a carrier for selective separation of yttrium ions from aqueous media using bulk liquid membrane (BLM) system as a simple model for selective separation of 90Y from radioactive liquid wastes by the mentioned technique. Thus, a study has been made on carrier-mediated transport of yttrium(III) using a bulk liquid membrane prepared by dissolving thenoyltrifluoroacetone (HTTA) in dichloromethane. It has been observed that the use of n-propylamine (n-PA) in source phase as a synergistic reagent showed a marked enhancement of transport of yttrium ion. The source phase comprised of a solution of ... 

Considering the widespread applications of α-aminonitriles, their synthesis is of great importance. The Strecker reaction represents a direct and appealing approach for the preparation of α-aminonitriles. With the aim of developing a mild and convenient approach towards the construction of α-aminonitriles, numerous methods have been reported for this important process over the past few decades. These have been mostly related to the optimization of reaction conditions and the use of more challenging substrates including ketimines and ketiminium salts and design of novel and effective catalytic systems. Due to the various advantages of supported heterogeneous catalysts and in our aim to... 

In recent years use of expensive metals plating has taken much interest from decorative state to industry trends. In this research the effect of pulse plating on the structure and properties of pure gold and gold-nickel has been studied.In case of pure gold pulse plating from cyanide bath, it was shown that current efficiency increased by increasing duty cycle up to 30% and decreased, afterwards. By increasing frequency from 1 to 150 Hz current efficiency decreased. By reducing the level of frequency, average grain size was increased, owing to the occurrence of recrystallization. An increase in the value of current density was also shown to be responsible for a reduction in current... 

In this research, fabrication of a mediator free nano-biosensor for the detection of cyanide has been studied. This biosensor utilizes 75 nm diameter (nano) ZnO particles synthesized with sol- gel method for modification and immobilization of Horseradish peroxidase (HRP). Cyanide plays inhibitory role in decomposition of H2O2 while HRP plays catalyst role in this reaction. Cyanide inhibits enzyme activity thorough binding with enzyme active sites and result in decreasing electrical current in electrochemical decomposition of H2O2. Amperometery response of biosensor shows linear relation between inhibition percent and cyanide concentration in range of 3µM - 24µM with detection limit of 0.62µM...