Use este identificador para citar ou linkar para este item: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/61253
Tipo: Artigo de Periódico
Título: Bixin as a new class of biosorbent for Hg²+ removal from aqueous solutions
Autor(es): Júlia Condé Vieira
Mariana Cristine Coelho Diniz
Louise Aparecida Mendes
Rubén Dario Sinisterra Millán
Guilherme Dias Rodrigues
Ricardo Mathias Orlando
Cláudia Carvalhinho Windmöller
Resumo: In this study, the apocarotenoid bixin was investigated as a potential biosorbent for Hg²+ in aqueous solutions. Bixin was used to form a thin film on an inert support using the drop-coating technique. This film was characterised using ATR-FTIR, SEM, and TGA-DTG techniques. Parameters that influence adsorption, such as pH, temperature, NaCl concentration, salt type, bixin mass, and supports for the bixin film, were evaluated. Using 0.112 mg of a bixin covering on a cellulose filter, the sorbent material was able to remove 75 % of Hg²+ from a 2.0 mL, 0.3 mg g−¹, pH 6.00, 25 °C solution after 180 min of contact. Kinetics studies were carried out between 5 and 1440 min, and the pseudo-first-order adsorption model was applied. Equilibrium isotherm data were analysed, and the best fit was for the non-linear Freundlich model, with an R² of 0.9868, RMSE of 0.37, and maximum sorption capacity of 85.38 mg g−¹ obtained by the Langmuir model. The bixin film was applied in spiked environmental samples (lake and mining effluent), and it achieved 86 % Hg²+ removal. The results show that the bixin film is a suitable alternative for efficiently removing mercury from various aqueous systems. This introduces a new class of biosorbent based on apocarotenoids, which are sustainable, low cost, nontoxic, and easily obtainable.
Assunto: Química analítica
Quimica ambiental
Sorventes
Adsorção
Mercúrio
Metais pesados
Carotenoides
Urucuzeiro
Biomoléculas
Idioma: eng
País: Brasil
Editor: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Sigla da Instituição: UFMG
Departamento: ICX - DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA
Tipo de Acesso: Acesso Restrito
Identificador DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enmm.2020.100407
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/61253
Data do documento: Mai-2021
metadata.dc.url.externa: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215153220303901
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: Environmental Nanotechnology, Monitoring & Management
Aparece nas coleções:Artigo de Periódico

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