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Application of Brazilian sawdust samples for chromium removal from tannery wastewater

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Brazilian sawdust samples (Caryocar spp.; Manilkara spp.; and Tabebuia spp.) have been used for Cr(VI) adsorption from water. The series of adsorption isotherms were adjusted to modified Langmuir equation. Thermodynamic data of interactions were studied by the calorimetric titration of Cr(VI) in aqueous solution. All liquid/solid interface adsorptions were entalpically and entropically driven. These sawdust samples were also used to remove chromium from tannery wastewater. The application of Caryocar spp.; Manilkara spp.; and Tabebuia spp. reduced the amount of chromium from 2.11 ± 0.18 mg L−1 to 1.15 ± 0.10; 0.29 ± 0.02 and 0.26 ± 0.02 mg L−1, respectively.

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  1. QuiCSI Team, Instituto de Química, Universidade de Brasília, Caixa Postal 4478, 70904-970, Brasília, DF, Brazil

    Alexandre G. S. Prado, Aline O. Moura, Rômulo D. A. Andrade, Igor C. Pescara, Valéria S. Ferreira, Elaine A. Faria & Augusto H. A. de Oliveira

  2. Laboratório de Produtos Florestais, SCEN trecho 02, 70818-900, Brasília, DF, Brazil

    Esmeralda Y. A. Okino

  3. Faculdade Unidade de Planaltina, Universidade de Brasília, 73300-000, Planaltina, DF, Brazil

    Luiz F. Zara

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Prado, A.G.S., Moura, A.O., Andrade, R.D.A. et al. Application of Brazilian sawdust samples for chromium removal from tannery wastewater. J Therm Anal Calorim 99, 681–687 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-009-0284-0

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