MAGNETIC CHITOSAN FOR REMOVAL OF URANIUM (VI) / Quitosana magnética para remoção de urânio (VI)

AUTOR(ES)

Luiz Claudio Barbosa Stopa

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2007

RESUMO

The chitosan, an aminopolysaccharide formed for repeated units of Dglucosamine, is a deacetylation product of chitin. It presents favorable ionic properties acting as chelant, being considered a removing ionic of contaminants from water effluents. It has ample bioactivity, that is, is biocompatible, biodegradable, bioadesive and biosorbent. The chitosan interacts for crosslinked by means of its active groups with other substances, can still coat superparamagnetic materials as magnetite nanoparticles producing one conjugated polymer-magnetite. Superparamagnetic materials are susceptible for the magnetic field, thus these particles can be attracted and grouped by a magnetic field and as they do not hold back the magnetization, they can be disagrouped and reused in processes for removal of contaminants from industrial effluents and waste water. The present work consisted of preparing coated magnetic magnetite particles with chitosan (PMQ). The PMQ powder has showed a magnetic response of intense attraction in the presence of a magnetic field without however becoming magnetic, a typical behavior of superparamagnetic material. It was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectrometry and measurements of magnetization. Its performance of Uranium (VI) adsorption as uranyl species, UO2 2+, was evaluated with regard to the influence of adsorbent dose, speed of agitation, pH, the contact time and had studied the isotherms of adsorption as well as the behavior of desorption using ions of carbonate and oxalate. The optimal pH to the best removal occurred in pH 5 and that the increase of the dose increases the removal, becoming constant above of 20 g.L-1. In the kinetic study the equilibrium was achieved after 20 minutes. The results of equilibrium isotherm agreed well with the Langmuir model, being the maximum adsorption capacity equal 41.7 mg.g-1. In the desorption studies were verified 94% of UO2 2+ recovered with carbonate ion and 49.9% with oxalate ion.

ASSUNTO(S)

quitosana nanopartículas de magnetita íons uranilo adsorção quitosana adsorção nanopartículas de magnetita íons uranilo

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