Renewable keratin wastes for use in metal mining

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Renewable keratin wastes for use in metal mining

Biopolymers from sustainable resources are being considered as alternatives to commodity synthetic polymers. Keratin from wool wastes can be used to prepare biodegradable new products for
biomedical fields and filtration systems for water depuration and air cleaning.

The toolkit consists of five modules associated with laboratory experiences regarding the extraction, flocculation and identification of keratin and its ability to absorb heavy metals. Each experience is associated with a video that describes it and a with student’s card.

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Summary
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Appendix 1: All's Wool that ends Wool
Appendix 2: Crosswords
Appendix 4: Student's test

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Materiali centrali del Toolkit (richiesta di accesso necessaria)
Appendice 1: All's Wool that ends Wool
Appendice 4: Test per gli studenti

Videos on the experiments in English

Videos on the experiments in Italian

Acknowledgments

This toolkit was implemented by students of class 3 M of Liceo L. Galvani in Bologna (Italy) in 2017 – teacher: Franca Faccenda.