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Interaction Study Between Humin and Phosphate: Possible Environmental Remediation for Domestic Wastewater

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The increase in demand for food due to the rapid population growth in recent years has raised the use of fertilizers, particularly phosphate salts. This fact has contributed to the excess amount of phosphorus species in aquatic systems. This is due to the leaching of these species present in the fertilizers applied to the soil to aquatic environments and may lead to eutrophication in these environments. Substances capable of interacting with the phosphate in the aquatic environment are promising for the reduction on the environmental impact. The humin, an insoluble fraction of humic material, has potential for phosphate retention, behaving like a chelating resin. Thus, the purpose of this research was to study the interaction between humin and phosphate. The equilibrium time between humin and phosphate was 15 min, where hydrogenionic potential (pH) 4.0 was the most effective in the interaction process. In this pH, the humin retained 33% of phosphate added. The complexing capacity of the humin-phosphate system was 11.53 mg g−1. The adsorption studies indicated that the system follows a kinetic pseudo-second-order model. The Freundlich model was the most suitable to describe the phosphate adsorption process in humin. To evaluate the humin application in real systems, humin was added to the domestic wastewater. Sixteen percent of the total phosphate was adsorbed by the humin. Based on these results, humin has the potential to phosphate retention in domestic wastewater and could be used as a chelating resin minimizing environmental impact.

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The authors are grateful to the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq Process 478361/2013-0) for the financial support provided.

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  1. Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Sorocaba, SP, 18.052-780, Brazil

    Daniella Araujo Vasconcelos de Oliveira & Leonardo Machado Pitombo

  2. Post-graduate Program in Chemistry and Biotechnology, NCEX/PPGQB/UFAL at the Federal University of Alagoas (UFAL), CP 61, Arapiraca, 57.309-005, Brazil

    Wander Gustavo Botero & Josué Carinhanha Caldas Santos

  3. Department of Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, São Paulo State University (UNESP), CP 355, Araraquara, SP, 14801-970, Brazil

    Ricardo Moutinho da Silva

  4. Post-graduate Program in Biotechnology and Environmental Monitoring, PPGBMA at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Sorocaba, SP, 18.052-780, Brazil

    Janaina Braga do Carmo, Luana Maria Tavares Rosa & Luciana Camargo de Oliveira

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de Oliveira, D.A.V., Botero, W.G., Santos, J.C.C. et al. Interaction Study Between Humin and Phosphate: Possible Environmental Remediation for Domestic Wastewater. Water Air Soil Pollut 228, 265 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-017-3447-9

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