Estratégia sustentável na remediação de cromo em efluente industrial utilizando matriz magnética

• Ano de defesa: 2016
• Autor(a) principal: Souza, Daiane Requião de
• Orientador(a): Romão, Luciane Pimenta Cruz
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de Sergipe
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Pós-Graduação em Química
• País: Brasil
• Palavras-chave em Português: Química; Adsorção; Redução de resíduos; Resíduos industriais; Couros; Ferromagnetismo; Cromo; Adsorventes; Magnéticos; Ferrita de cobalto; Efluente industrial; Redução catalítica; Purificação de resíduos industriais; Indústria de couro
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Adsorbents; Magnetics; Cobalt ferrite; Chromium; Industrial effluent; Catalytic reduction
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CIENCIAS EXATAS E DA TERRA::QUIMICA
• Link de acesso: https://ri.ufs.br/handle/riufs/6063

The presence of high concentrations of toxic metals in water bodies requires a constant search for new and more effective methods to treat industrial waste. The present work proposes a technique for the removal of chromium present in leather tannery effluent, using a hybrid magnetic adsorbent, CoFe2O4/NOM, synthesized using an environmentally friendly procedure. Salts of the metals (Co and Fe) were used as precursors and natural organic matter (NOM) was used as the gelification agent, replacing the traditional reagents that are toxic and expensive. Comparisons were made of CoFe2O4/NOM produced at ambient temperature (FeAMB) and the materials produced after calcination at 200 (Fe200), 400 (Fe400), and 800 °C (Fe800). The materials were analyzed by X-ray diffractometry and infrared spectroscopy, which revealed the presence of NOM in the structure of the material, together with the formation of cobalt ferrite, hence confirming the suitability of the new synthesis route. Adsorption tests, performed as a function of pH and time, showed the effectiveness of FeAMB at the natural pH of the effluent (pH 4.2), while at pH 6.0 the removal percentages were approximately 94, 100, 98, and 89% for FeAMB, Fe200, Fe400, and Fe800, respectively, with corresponding equilibration times of 60, 120, 120, and 60 minutes, respectively. Kinetics assays showed that high adsorption of 70-87% was achieved after only 20 minutes. The adsorption kinetics could be fitted using a pseudo-second order model, and the likely removal mechanism was electrostatic attraction between carboxylate groups and the cationic chromium species CrOH2+ and Cr(OH)2 +. Amongst the adsorbents studied, the FeAMB/NOM hybrid material was especially attractive because it did not require heat treatment and showed high removal capacities during five reuse cycles, ranging from 96% in the first cycle to 82% in the fifth cycle. The residues remaining after the reuse cycles, comprising the FeAMB hybrid saturated with chromium (FeAMB_Sat) and the desorbed chromium solution (dried and calcined at 500 °C, denoted CrD), showed excellent catalytic activity in the reduction of 4-nitrophenol to 4-aminophenol, the latter being an important compound used in the synthesis of pharmaceuticals and corrosion inhibitors. The conversion rates and times were 99.9% and 55 seconds for vi FeAMB_Sat, and 99.9% and 3 seconds for CrD. A magnetic hybrid material (denoted FeSF) was also synthesized replacing the analytical grade iron salt precursor by a ferric sulfate solution derived from the treatment of iron ore mining waste. This hybrid was highly efficient as an adsorbent, with 98% removal of chromium present in an industrial effluent in only 20 minutes. The technique described here contributes to the development of industrial symbiosis since it uses materials prepared using natural substances and enables the reuse of waste in the production cycle. The procedure is a technologically viable alternative for the remediation of metal-contaminated effluents.