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Vermicompost for Tinted Organic Cationic Dyes Retention

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The use of vermicompost was expanded as natural adsorbent for cationic dyes retention. The adsorption profiles in batch and flow modes for crystal violet and methylene blue on vermicompost material were evaluated. In batch mode, a retention index higher than 97% was obtained for both compounds, while in flow condition, 40 g of dried adsorbent material were enough to remove 100 mg of crystal violet or methylene blue at column flow rates of 5 and 20 mL min−1. Adsorption isotherms showed adsorptive maximum capacities for vermicompost of 0.78 and 5.47 mg g−1, respectively, which were compatible with the literature. Due to this good efficiency capacity, incineration steps can be considered as acceptable disposal procedures for enriched vermicompost. From these characteristics, economical and environmental advantages of the proposed material for the evaluated cationic dyes retention were evidenced.

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The authors thank the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado da Bahia (FAPESB, Salvador, BA, Brazil), Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq, Brasília, DF, Brazil), and Ministério da Educação e Cultura (PET/SESu/MEC, Brasília, DF, Brazil) for the research fellowships and financial supports. The authors are also grateful to Dr. André Galembeck, Ph.D. (Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil) for the X-ray analysis.

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    Madson de Godoi Pereira, Mauro Korn, Bruno Barros Santos & Marcia Guia Ramos

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de Godoi Pereira, M., Korn, M., Santos, B.B. et al. Vermicompost for Tinted Organic Cationic Dyes Retention. Water Air Soil Pollut 200, 227–235 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-008-9906-6

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