MAGELLAN PEAT (Sphagnum magallanicum) AS NATURAL ADSORBENT OF RECALCITRAN SYNTHETIC DYES

Colour abatement is a complex problem because the synthetic origin of the dyes used in the industry. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of using Magellan peat (Sphagnum magallanicum) as an adsorbent of textile dyes, determining the physical-chemical characteristics of the peat...

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Autores principales: Sepulveda-Cuevas,Luisa A, Contreras-Villacura,Elsa G, Palma-Toloza,Carolyn L
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Publicado: Sociedad Chilena de la Ciencia del Suelo 2008
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spelling oai:scielo:S0718-279120080002000052009-12-23MAGELLAN PEAT (Sphagnum magallanicum) AS NATURAL ADSORBENT OF RECALCITRAN SYNTHETIC DYESSepulveda-Cuevas,Luisa AContreras-Villacura,Elsa GPalma-Toloza,Carolyn L adsorption dyes textile effluents Colour abatement is a complex problem because the synthetic origin of the dyes used in the industry. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of using Magellan peat (Sphagnum magallanicum) as an adsorbent of textile dyes, determining the physical-chemical characteristics of the peat by measuring the adsorptive capacity of the dyes as well as exploring the degrading potential of the native microorganisms they contain. The results obtained indicate that the peat has a specific surface area (BET) and a volume of 144.3 m² g-1 and 60% of meso- and macropores, respectively. The basicity of the peat surface is superior to acidity and the pH in which the neutrality is reached is about 3.1. Equilibrium concentrations for the basic, acid and reactive dyes in the solid and liquid phases were appropriately interpreted by the Langmuir model; however the maximum adsorption capacities of the first ones were significantly higher. If the solution pH is lower to pzpc, the absorption capacity of the acid dyes increases. Three different bacteria colonies with decolourization capacity were isolated. In conclusion, results indicate that the peat may be successfully applied in the detoxification of textile effluents.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Chilena de la Ciencia del SueloRevista de la ciencia del suelo y nutrición vegetal v.8 n.2 20082008-01-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-27912008000200005en10.4067/S0718-27912008000200005
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collection Scielo Chile
language English
topic adsorption
dyes
textile effluents
spellingShingle adsorption
dyes
textile effluents
Sepulveda-Cuevas,Luisa A
Contreras-Villacura,Elsa G
Palma-Toloza,Carolyn L
MAGELLAN PEAT (Sphagnum magallanicum) AS NATURAL ADSORBENT OF RECALCITRAN SYNTHETIC DYES
description Colour abatement is a complex problem because the synthetic origin of the dyes used in the industry. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of using Magellan peat (Sphagnum magallanicum) as an adsorbent of textile dyes, determining the physical-chemical characteristics of the peat by measuring the adsorptive capacity of the dyes as well as exploring the degrading potential of the native microorganisms they contain. The results obtained indicate that the peat has a specific surface area (BET) and a volume of 144.3 m² g-1 and 60% of meso- and macropores, respectively. The basicity of the peat surface is superior to acidity and the pH in which the neutrality is reached is about 3.1. Equilibrium concentrations for the basic, acid and reactive dyes in the solid and liquid phases were appropriately interpreted by the Langmuir model; however the maximum adsorption capacities of the first ones were significantly higher. If the solution pH is lower to pzpc, the absorption capacity of the acid dyes increases. Three different bacteria colonies with decolourization capacity were isolated. In conclusion, results indicate that the peat may be successfully applied in the detoxification of textile effluents.
author Sepulveda-Cuevas,Luisa A
Contreras-Villacura,Elsa G
Palma-Toloza,Carolyn L
author_facet Sepulveda-Cuevas,Luisa A
Contreras-Villacura,Elsa G
Palma-Toloza,Carolyn L
author_sort Sepulveda-Cuevas,Luisa A
title MAGELLAN PEAT (Sphagnum magallanicum) AS NATURAL ADSORBENT OF RECALCITRAN SYNTHETIC DYES
title_short MAGELLAN PEAT (Sphagnum magallanicum) AS NATURAL ADSORBENT OF RECALCITRAN SYNTHETIC DYES
title_full MAGELLAN PEAT (Sphagnum magallanicum) AS NATURAL ADSORBENT OF RECALCITRAN SYNTHETIC DYES
title_fullStr MAGELLAN PEAT (Sphagnum magallanicum) AS NATURAL ADSORBENT OF RECALCITRAN SYNTHETIC DYES
title_full_unstemmed MAGELLAN PEAT (Sphagnum magallanicum) AS NATURAL ADSORBENT OF RECALCITRAN SYNTHETIC DYES
title_sort magellan peat (sphagnum magallanicum) as natural adsorbent of recalcitran synthetic dyes
publisher Sociedad Chilena de la Ciencia del Suelo
publishDate 2008
url http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-27912008000200005
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