PALHA DA CARNAÚBA (Copernicia cerifera) COMO REMOVEDOR DOS CORANTES AZUL DE METILENO E CRISTAL VIOLETA

Abstract

The aim of the present work was to evaluate the adsorptive capacity of carnauba straw in natura for removal of the textile dyes methylene blue and crystal violet, in aqueous solutions. Initially, the adsorbent was crushed, washed, dried at 50 ° C and sieved, so that the size of the grains come between 0.088 0.177 mm. The thermogravimetric study showed that the material begins to suffer from degradation at 150° C. The x-ray diffraction identified in the matrix and presents the amorphous with an index of crystallinity 31,80 % character study with infrared spectroscopy reveals peculiar peaks of lignocellulosic materials. For pHzpc obtained a value close to 5.5. It was observed that the pH interferes with adsorption of both dyes studied. In kinetic study, performed at 25 ° C was observed for the two dyes close to the equilibrium time of 120 min and a mechanism compatible with the linearized equation of second order (R2 = 0.9999). The model was also applied and intraparticle three stages were noted indicating that the diffusion and equilibration of the dyes with the adsorbent. The isotherms were constructed at temperatures from 25 to 55 ° C. The increase in temperature caused an increase in the adsorbed amount of crystal violet and a decrease in adsorbed amount of methylene blue. The isotherms models of Langmuir, Freundlich and Sips were applied in the evaluation of experimental results, and are best described by the Sips model (R2 = 1.0000) for the two dyes. Finally, the thermodynamic parameters showed negative enthalpy change for methylene blue (H = - 1,929.10-2 kJ mol-1), and positive for the crystal violet (H = 2,259.10-2 kJ mol-1), entropy increase and the free energy decrease with increasing temperature, for both the methylene blue as for the crystal violet.