This article reports on an investigation into the ability of minced banana peel to extract lead and copper ions from water and the parameters involved in this process. The kinetics of copper and lead uptake reached equilibrium in 10 min and the extraction of metals ions was favorable above pH 3. The medium was characterized by FTIR, which showed absorption bands of carboxylic and amine groups at 1730 and 889 cm1, respectively. The adsorption isotherm fitted by Langmuir’s model showed maximum adsorption capacities of 0.33 and 0.20 mmol g−1 (or 20.97 and 41.44 mg g−1) for Cu(II) and Pb(II), respectively. Minced banana peel was applied in the preconcentration system and showed approximately 20-fold enrichment factor and the column was reused for 11 cycles without loss in the percentage of recovery. The proposed method was applied in the determination of Cu(II) and Pb(II) in a sample of raw river water and was validated by comparison with a standard reference material.

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Foi investigada a relação entre as propriedades dielétricas (constante dielétrica, ε'; fator de perda, ε"; energia de ativação, E a ) e a proporção de resina epóxi (OG) para endurecedor em polímeros termorrígidos de resina epóxi (OG). A amplitude do pico de ε" decresce com o aumento da porcentagem em massa de OG até aproximadamente 73% e aumenta levemente para maiores % OG. A temperatura da posição do pico de ε" aumenta com o aumento da % OG, alcançando valores máximos para formulações no intervalo de 67 a 73%, e então, decresce acentuadamente para maiores % OG. A energia de ativação obtida por relaxação dielétrica aumentou com a % OG até aproximadamente 70%. Um aumento adicional na % OG até 83% reduz a E a . As curvas das propriedades mecânicas de módulo de tensão e resistência à fratura como função da % em massa de OG apresentaram um comportamento similar.The relationship between the dielectric properties (dielectric constant, ε', and loss factor, ε"; activation energy, E a ) and the ratio of epoxy resin (OG) to hardener of the epoxy resin thermosetting polymers was investigated. The amplitude of the ε" peak decreases with increasing OG content until about 73 wt.% and slightly increases at higher OG content. The temperature of the position of the ε" peak increases with the increasing of OG content, reaching maximum values for compositions in the range of 67 and 73 wt.%, and then it decreases sharply at higher OG content. The activation energy obtained from dielectric relaxation increased with increasing wt.% OG up to around 70 wt.%. Further increase in concentration of OG up to 83 wt.% reduced E a . The curves of tensile modulus and fracture toughness mechanical properties as a function of OG content presented a similar behavior.

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This paper reports on a preliminary evaluation of the grain size distribution of cadmium, lead and copper in sediment from Catarina Beach, Ilha Solteira, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Surface sediments were fractionated with <63 microm nylon sieves and subjected to three digestion procedures: the proposed open digestion, the standard USEPA-3050B and closed digestion in a Teflon tube. The metals were determined by atomic absorption spectrometry. The results of the three procedures showed no significant differences. The 309 mg Kg1 concentration of copper found at the P3 sampling point exceeded the PEL (probable effect level) value of 197 mg Kg1, which represents an environmental hazard to aquatic organisms. The sediments organic matter content determined by the loss on ignition was 6.8, 1.7 and 0.6% in the P3, P1 and P2 samples, respectively. The distribution of metal concentrations in sieved sediment followed the order P3 < P2 < P1 thereby suggesting an interaction with organic matter.

Uma silica gel, com área específica de 382 m 2 g -1 e diâmetro médio de poro de 60 Å, foi modificada quimicamente com 2-amino-1,3,4-tiadiazol, com o propósito de adsorção seletiva de íons de metais pesados e possível utilização como um eletrodo de pasta de carbono quimicamente modificado (CMCPE). São discutidas as seguintes propriedades desta sílica gel funcionalizada: adsorção seletiva de íons de metais pesados, medida pelas técnicas "batch" e coluna cromatográfica, e utilização como agente de preconcentração em um eletrodo de pasta de carbono quimicamente modificado (CMCPE), para determinação de mercúrio(II). A seletividade química deste grupo functional e a seletividade da voltametria foram combinadas para preconcentração e determinação.Silica gel with a specific area of 382 m 2 g -1 and an average pore diameter of 60 Å was chemically modified with 2-amino-1,3,4-thiadiazole, for the purpose of selective adsorption of heavy metals ions and possible use as a chemically modified carbon paste electrode (CMCPE). The following properties of this functionalized silica gel are discussed: selective adsorption of heavy metal ions measured by batch and chromatographic column techniques, and utilization as preconcentration agent in a chemically modified carbon paste electrode (CMCPE) for determination of mercury(II). The chemical selectivity of this functional group and the selectivity of voltammetry were combined for preconcentration and determination.

This paper discusses silica surface modification by a process involving a two-step reaction: anchoring of a silylating agent, followed by an attachment of a 4-amino-2-mercaptopyrimidine molecule. The modified material (Si-BP) was successfully characterized by the FTIR spectra, which revealed amine absorption bands, and through 13 C and 29 Si NMR spectra, which confirm the proposed structure of the modified silica (Si-BP). Si-BP was used to extract cadmium and lead from an aqueous medium at 298 K. The Si-BP kinetics towards metal ions was very fast, i.e., about 10 minutes, although extraction was significantly impaired at pH 3. The series of adsorption isotherms were adjusted to a modified Langmuir equation and the maximum extraction capacity was 0.193 and 0.387 mmol g -1 for Cd(II) and Pb(II), respectively. An analysis of the Ø values lead to the inference that the resulting metal ligand complex was type 1:1.