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Calcium carbonate (CaCO 3 ) is a filler often utilized by the Brazilian mattress factories in the production of polyurethane foams. The filler allows the substitution of part of the polymeric agents, conferring dimensional stability and hardness to the foams. However, in agreement with experimental data, it is observed that the excess of commercial CaCO 3 utilized in industry causes the increase of hysteresis, possibly causing permanent deformations and damaging the quality of the final product. In the present work, the physico-chemical analyses of the flexible polyurethane foams with different contents of CaCO 3 were performed. The foams are submitted to the morphological, mechanical and positron analyses to verify the alterations provoked by the progressive introduction of this filler.

A qualidade da água do ribeirão Ubá, dentro e nas vizinhanças da cidade de mesmo nome, no Estado de Minas Gerais, foi investigada. Para tal foram realizadas análises físico-químicas e microbiológicas. Análises físico-químicas de efluentes de fábricas de móveis de madeira, principal atividade industrial da cidade, também foram feitas. O Índice de Qualidade de Água (IQA) - com base em parâmetros químicos e biológicos - foi usado para determinar a qualidade da água do ribeirão. Constatou-se que, a partir da entrada da cidade, bem como à montante desta, a água do ribeirão Ubá é de má qualidade, sofrendo tanto a poluição por esgotos domésticos quanto por efluentes industriais.
The water quality of the Ubá creek, inside and in the outskirts of the town with this name in the state of Minas Gerais, was investigated. Both physico-chemical and bacteriological analyses were performed in this investigation. Also, physico-chemical analyses of the effluents from furniture industries, the main industrial activity in that town, were also carried out. The Water Quality Index (WQI) - based on chemical and biological parameters - was used to determine the quality of the water of this creek. It has been found that inside this town as well as after leaving it, the water of the Ubá creek is of bad quality, due to pollution resulting from both domestic and industrial sewage

One filler often utilized in flexible polyurethane foams is calcium carbonate (CaCO3) because it is non-abrasiveness, non-toxicity and facilitated pigmentation. However, it is observed that the excess of commercial CaCO3 utilized in industry possibly causing permanent deformations and damaging the quality of the final product. The effect of different concentrations of commercial CaCO3, in flexible foams, was studied. Different concentrations of CaCO3 were used for the synthesis of flexible polyurethane foams, which were submitted to morphological and thermal analyses to verify the alterations provoked by the progressive introduction of this filler.

In this study sugarcane bagasse was modified with succinic anhydride and EDTA dianhydride to obtain SCB 2 and EB adsorbents, respectively. These adsorbents were used to remove etherdiamine, which is used for iron ore flotation from single aqueous solutions. The removal and recovery of etherdiamine is important for environmental and economic reasons due to its toxicity and high cost. The results demonstrated that adsorption of etherdiamine by SCB 2 and EB was better fitted by a pseudo-second-order kinetic model than pseudo-first-order and Elovich models. Adsorption isotherms were better fitted by the Langmuir model rather than the Freundlich, Sips, and Temkin models. The maximum adsorption capacities (Qmax) of SCB 2 and EB for etherdiamine adsorption were found to be 869.6 and 1203.5 mg/g, respectively. The calculated ΔG° values for adsorption of etherdiamine on SCB 2 (-22.70 kJ/mol) and EB (-19.10 kJ/mol) suggested that chemisorption is the main mechanism by which etherdiamine is removed from the aqueous solution for both adsorbents. The high Qmax values showed that SCB 2 and EB are potential adsorbents for recovering the etherdiamine and treating effluents produced from iron ore flotation.

Manganese recovery from industrial ore processing waste by means of leaching with sulfuric acid was the objective of this study. Experimental conditions were optimized by multivariate experimental design approaches. In order to study the factors affecting leaching, a screening step was used involving a full factorial design with central point for three variables in two levels (2(3)). The three variables studied were leaching time, concentration of sulfuric acid and sample amount. The three factors screened were shown to be relevant and therefore a Doehlert design was applied to determine the best working conditions for leaching and to build the response surface. By applying the best leaching conditions, the concentrations of 12.80 and 13.64 %w/w of manganese for the global sample and for the fraction -44 + 37 μm, respectively, were found. Microbeads of chitosan were tested for removal of leachate acidity and recovering of soluble manganese. Manganese recovery from the leachate was 95.4%. Upon drying the leachate, a solid containing mostly manganese sulfate was obtained, showing that the proposed optimized method is efficient for manganese recovery from ore tailings.

Estudos comparativos entre carvão ativado e resina de troca iônica para adsorção de ouro, cobre e ferro (Comparative study of activated carbon and ion-exchange resin for the adsorption of gold, copper and iron) ResumoO objetivo desse trabalho é a adsorção de cianocomplexos de ouro, cobre e ferro de efluentes que são gerados no processo de beneficiamento do minério de ouro. Para a adsorção foram testadas duas alternativas: resina de troca aniônica com base fraca e o carvão ativado quimicamente modificado. A resina utilizada foi a LEWATIT MP 62 da Bayer S.A. O processo de modificação química do carvão ocorreu em duas etapas: nitração do carvão ativado comercial, seguida de redução do grupo nitro (NO 2 ) para grupo amino (NH 2 ).Os testes de adsorção revelaram que o carvão ativado modificado apresentou pior eficiência na recuperação de complexos de Au, em relação ao carvão ativado sem tratamento, e que ambos não adsorveram complexos de Cu e Fe. A resina foi a que apresentou melhor recuperação dos complexos de ouro (100%), cobre (99%) e ferro (100%). Palavras-chave:

This work discusses the possibility of using one of the residues retained in electrostatic filters during alumina production, in the adsorption of Gustavo Lopes Curiel Graduando do Curso de Engenharia Ambiental -UFOP. E-mail: gucuriel@hotmail.com ResumoEsse trabalho discute a possibilidade de utilização de um dos rejeitos da fabricação da alumina, pó retido no filtro eletrostático, na adsorção do corante amarelo remazol, usado rotineiramente na indústria têxtil. Os resultados mostram, para uma solução aquosa 50 mg L -1 , cerca de 95 % de remoção do corante em solução. O modelo de isoterma de Langmuir mostrou-se adequado para descrever o mecanismo de adsorção desse corante. A capacidade de adsorção do corante depende da sua estrutura e das interações corante-adsorvente.Palavras-chave: Adsorção, alumina, amarelo remazol, Langmuir.