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Ação sonoquímica e influência das condições de tratamento térmico na preparação de cimentos do sistema binário CaO-Al2O3
(2010-03) LOURENÇO, Rafaela Roberta; EXPOSITO, Caio Cesar Dente; ANGÉLICA, Rômulo Simões; RODRIGUES, José de Anchieta
Cements of the CaO-Al2O3, binary system were prepared through a sonochemical process at room temperature followed by heat treatment. The conventional production consists of a reaction in which a stoichiometric mixture of lime and bauxite or alumina is melted or sintered. High temperatures and energy consumption is an inconvenience associated to this type of synthesis. In the sonochemical process, the initial reagents, calcia and alumina, are put in an aqueous suspension under the action an ultrasonic bath during some time. After that, the material is heat treated, after the evaporation of water. Ultrasonic waves can induce changes in the surface morphology of the particles, including size reduction of them. Consequently, the reagent particles become more reactive and this facilitates the final synthesis of the calcium aluminates during the heat treatment. The action of ultrasonic waves and the influence of thermal treatment conditions were studied on two initials molar compositions calcia:alumina of 1:1 and 1:2. Temperatures of 1000, 1200 and 1300 ºC for 1 and 6 h were employed. SEM and X-ray diffraction were used to characterize the obtained materials and the phases were semi-quantified through Rietveld method. In addition, mechanical strength of the products was evaluated through splitting tensile tests. Pastes consisting of cement, alumina and water were prepared using the calcium aluminates prepared through the sonochemical process and commercial cement as reference.
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Aplicação de Al-PILC na adsorção de Cu2+, Ni2+e Co2+ utilizando modelos físico-químicos de adsorção
(2007) GUERRA, Denis de Jesus Lima; AIROLDI, Claudio; LEMOS, Vanda Porpino; ANGÉLICA, Rômulo Simões; VIANA, Rúbia Ribeiro
Smectite sample from the Serra de Maicuru area (Pará state, northern Brazil, Amazon region) were used for the pillaring process with Al13. Aluminum pillared clay (Al-PILC) was characterized by XRD, SEM and EDS. the textural analysis using nitrogen adsorption-desorption isotherms. The aim of this paper is to study in how Al-PILC adsorb heavy metals. The adsorption of Cu2+, Ni2+, Co2+ ions from aqueous solution in room temperature by Al-PILC have been carried out. The Langmuir, Freundlich and Temkin adsorption isotherm models have been applied to fit the experimental data, with the first model well adjusted with r = 0.999. The one-surface Langmuir equation provided the best fit to the data. The Freundlich equation presented limitations in rises concentrations, but acceptable values of parameters were obtained (Kf and n) with the use of the three models. The parameters were used to calculate the amount adsorbed Nf, a function constant Cs.
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Aplicação de Zr/Ti-PILC no processo de adsorção de Cu(II), Co(II) e Ni(II) utilizando modelos físico-químicos de adsorção e termodinâmica do processo
(2008) GUERRA, Denis de Jesus Lima; AIROLDI, Claudio; LEMOS, Vanda Porpino; ANGÉLICA, Rômulo Simões; VIANA, Rúbia Ribeiro
The aim of this investigation is to study how Zr/Ti-PILC adsorbs metals. The physico-chemical proprieties of Zr/Ti-PILC have been optimized with pillarization processes and Cu(II), Ni(II) and Co(II) adsorption from aqueous solution has been carried out, with maximum adsorption values of 8.85, 8.30 and 7.78 x10-1 mmol g-1, respectively. The Langmuir, Freundlich and Temkin adsorption isotherm models have been applied to fit the experimental data with a linear regression process. The energetic effect caused by metal interaction was determined through calorimetric titration at the solid-liquid interface and gave a net thermal effect that enabled the calculation of the exothermic values and the equilibrium constant.
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Atividade pozolânica de arenito zeolítico da região Nordeste do Brasil
(2012-06) PICANÇO, Marcelo de Souza; ANGÉLICA, Rômulo Simões; BARATA, Márcio Santos
In northeastern Brazil, sedimentary zeolites occur associated with sandstones of the Corda Formation (Parnaiba Paleozoic Basin), discovered in the 2000s. These sandstones are composed of quartz, natural zeolites (estilbite) and clay minerals (smectite). Preliminary studies have shown that this sandstone can be used as a pozzolanic material in Portland-cement-based systems after the material has been sieved to remove the quartz and after thermal activation because the estilbite has low pozzolanic activity. The main objective of this study was to determine the best particle size distribution that yields the highest smectite and zeolite concentration, besides the best temperature for higher pozzolanic activity. The experimental program employed the zeolitic sandstone passing through a #200 and #325 mesh sieve and calcination at the following temperatures: 150°C, 300°C and 500°C. Chemical analysis of the sieved samples was carried out by X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy and X-ray diffractometry, while mineralogical characterization was done by X-ray and thermogravimetric analysis and thermogravimetry..To assess reactivity, calorimetry driving and mechanical tests for pozzolanic activity in hydrated lime and cement Porltand were performed. The results showed that the sample sieved through at #200 mesh was the most suitable because it had a higher concentration of estilbite and a higher percentage of material seived compared to the sample sieved at #325 mesh, 15% and 2% respectively. The 500°C calcination temperature was accompanied by increased pozzolanic activity due to changes in estilbite and smectite cristalinity; the more moderate temperatures of 150°C and 300°C were not sufficient to achieve similar results. The mortars with sandstone sieved at #200 mesh and calcinated at 500°C reached the minimum limits required for a material to be considered as pozzolanic, i.e, 6 MPa for hydrated lime mortars and 75% for the pozzolanic index activity (PAI).
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Atividade pozolânica dos resíduos cauliníticos das indústrias de mineração de caulim da Amazônia
(2011) BARATA, Márcio Santos; ANGÉLICA, Rômulo Simões
The Capim and Jari regions, northern Brazil, are the main Kaolin mining areas in the Amazon region. They encompass the biggest high-grade (high whiteness) kaolin reserves for the paper coating industry. During the beneficiation of this kaolin, different kinds of processed and non-processed wastes are generated. The main objective of this work was to evaluate the reactivity of pozolans produced after calcinations and milling of such residues, by the comparison of the mineralogical composition and the type of kaolinite from the two regions (different kinds of structural order/disorder). The heating temperature to produce the pozolans was evaluated in order to obtain the better reactivity with lower energy consumption. The results showed that the pozolans obtained from both residues exhibited high reactivity, also better than those commercially available. Those obtained from kaolinites with high structural defects needed lower temperatures in comparison with low-defects kaolinites. The use of the former kaolinites reduces the production costs to obtain pozolans without losing quality in terms of reactivity.
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Avaliação preliminar do emprego de arenito zeolítico da região nordeste do Brasil como material pozolânico para cimento Portland
(2011-12) PICANÇO, Marcelo de Souza; ANGÉLICA, Rômulo Simões; BARATA, Márcio Santos
Natural zeolites usually exhibit pozzolanic activity without any additional treatment, e.g. thermal activation. They have been used for building since the ancient Roman Empire times in the production of hydraulic cements and concretes. Nowadays, there are many discussions involving the natural zeolites pozzolanic reactivity in the incorporation of the Portland cement composition. The appropriate use of pozzolans enables the production of special cements with lower manufacturing cost and with a greater durability in comparison with the corresponding cements without addition. In Brazil, zeolite consumption comes either from the importation of foreign countries or synthetic products. No zeolite mine is available in the country and only few geological occurrences were already described in the literature without any commercial interest. In northeast Brazil, the Geological Survey (CPRM) discovered zeolite-bearing sandstones related to Cretaceous sedimentary rocks of the Parnaíba Paleozoic Basin. The main purpose of this paper is to evaluate the possible use of such sandstones as pozzolan for using in Portland cements (CPI-S). A bulk sample of the zeolitic sandstone (AZ) was collected in the field. In the laboratory, preparation included drying, milling and sieving at the following grain-size fractions, in order to remove quartz and concentrate the zeolite: 100# (AZ-1), 200# (AZ-2) and 325# (AZ-3). After mineralogical evaluation, the AZ-2 fraction was selected for further analysis and assays. The experimental study was mainly based on mineralogical characterization, including: X-ray diffraction (XRD), chemical analysis and heat flow calorimetry, besides pozzolanic activity assay and compressive strength. The results show that the mineralogical composition of the zeolitic sandstone is mainly quartz, zeolite (stilbite) and smectite. Stilbite is the main pozzolanic phase, and the smectite can also play an important role. The hydration of the Portland cement was accelerated due to the very fine grained nature of the material. Meanwhile, the reactivity obtained was slightly below the standard requirements to be used in industrial scale. Additional studies should be carried out in order to evaluate if a further thermal treatment (between 300 °C and 500 °C) may increase the pozzolanic activity due to the stilbite destruction around this temperature. The same happens with kaolinite that needs thermal treatment above 550 ºC to convert to the amorphous phase metakaolin in order to be used as one of the most commons pozzolans in the cement industry. The main purpose was to contribute for the production of an alternative kind of cement which produces less pollution to the environment (CO2 decrease in the atmosphere) with cost saving. In addition, it is expected to contribute for the exploitation of the sedimentary zeolites occurrences which have been relatively well studied from a geological point, but are still not mined.
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Beneficiamento de uma argila tipo paligorskita da bacia de S. Luis-Grajaú, região de Alcântara, MA, e sua utilização como adsorvente de fósforo
(2014-03) RODRIGUES, Gabriela Monice Arruda; NEVES, Roberto de Freitas; ANGÉLICA, Rômulo Simões
This study used a sample from the basin of S. Luís-Grajaú, Maranhão state, Brazil,consisting of a mixture of predominantly palygorskite and dolomite, approaching the existence of this new occurrence, suggesting a processing method and its application as phosphorus adsorbent, once dolomite is a pH soil corrector while palygorskite has the function of nutrients carrier. First, chemical and mineralogical characterizations were performed by X-ray diffraction, X-ray fluorescence, scanning electron microscopy and separation of sand, silt and clay fractions. Sedimentation and phosphorus adsorption experiments were also performed, with determination of kinetic curve. After the X-ray diffraction analysis, results show that the sample consists mainly of palygorskite and dolomite. Illite, chlorite and quartz are also determined. It was also possible to see that the different types of disaggregation used show no significant differences in the diffraction patterns of the samples. The sand-silt-clay separation, although it is only based on the size of the material, showed a reasonable efficiency for material separation, as the sedimentation tests, where it was noticed that after 24 h, dolomite had disappeared from the supernatant. Determination of the kinetic curve revealed that the adsorption period of 2 h is not sufficient for phosphorus adsorption, requiring 24 h to reach the reaction equilibrium. Sorption tests showed efficiency higher than 91% of the initial phosphorus in solution, and the maximum quantity adsorbed per gram of sample was 0.607 mg. The correlation with the adsorption isotherm models studied, showed better results for Langmuir-Freundlich isotherm, with correlation coefficient of 0.9993, which can be attributed to the fact that adsorption occurs in more than one layer.
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Caracterização dos resíduos cauliníticos das indústrias de mineração de caulim da Amazônia como matéria-prima para produção de pozolanas de alta reatividade
(2012-03) BARATA, Márcio Santos; ANGÉLICA, Rômulo Simões
Capim and Jari are the two most important kaolin mining districts of the Brazilian Amazon region. They encompass the major Brazilian reserves of high quality kaolin for the paper coating industry. The kaolin is mined and processed by three major companies responsible for about 500,000 ton of a residue mainly composed of kaolinite. The wastes come mainly from the centrifugation phase of the kaolin beneficiation process and their final destinations are huge sedimentation basins that occupy large areas. The main purpose of this work is to evaluate the physical, chemical and mineralogical characteristics of the kaolin wastes processed from the Capim and Jari region, in order to obtain metakaolinite, a high reactive pozzolan for the cement industry. When incorporated to ordinary Portland cement such pozzolans increases the concrete and mortars performance. All the residues studied in this work were characterized by means of: X-ray diffraction analysis, differential thermal analysis, infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, X-ray fluorescence spectrometry and laser diffraction. Both residues are mainly constitutes by at least 92% of low granulometry kaolinite with specific surface area above 8 m2/g and mean diameter below 1 µm. Free silica (quartz) contents are below 3%. The high concentration of kaolinite in these residues dispenses rigid control parameters for removal of impurities usually employed in pozzolan production. The Jari kaolin exhibits high disordered kaolinite in comparison with the high ordered kaolinite of the Capim region and gives rise to higher desidroxilation degree at lower temperatures. It points to energy saving and reducing costs during the production of a pozzolan. The results are satisfactory and reveal that both kaolin wastes are excellent raw material for the production of high reactive metakaolin.
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Caracterização mineralógica de azulejos de Salvador e Belém dos séculos XVI, XVII e XIX
(2004-12) SANJAD, Thais Alessandra Bastos Caminha; ANGÉLICA, Rômulo Simões; OLIVEIRA, Mário Mendonça de; COSTA, Walmeire Alves de Melo
The present article is a study about the mineralogical composition of ancient tiles from centuries XVI, XVII and XIX, found in Belém and Salvador, in order to interpret the possible raw material and burning temperature. Quartz was identified in all samples. Other crystalline phases found are mullite, cristobalite, calcite, anorthite, hematite, gehlenite, diopside and wollastonite. Based on the probable raw material and probable burning temperature it was possible to organize the samples into three groups: group 1 - kaolinite and quartz, T between 1200º and 1728º C; group 2 - kaolinite, calcite and/or dolomite and iron oxide or hydroxide, T between 900º e 1200ºC; group 3 - quartz, clay minerals (probably kaolinite), calcite and/or dolomite, iron oxide or hydroxide, and T between 1200º e 1565º C.
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Caracterização mineralógica e geoquímica e estudo das transformações de fase do caulim duro da região do Rio Capim, Pará
(2003-12) CARNEIRO, Bruno Santana; ANGÉLICA, Rômulo Simões; SCHELLER, Thomas; CASTRO, Elton Anderson Santos de; NEVES, Roberto de Freitas
The Capim region (Pará State, northern Brazil) is the most important kaolin district in the Amazon region, with the largest Brazilian reserves of high whiteness kaolin for the paper coating industry. The main ore (soft kaolin horizon) is located at a depth of about 20 m, being covered by a hard, iron-rich kaolin level, also called flint or semi-flint kaolin, besides a sandy-clay overburden. The beneficiation of this kaolin produces large volumes of wastes, composed mainly of coarse-grained kaolinite, deposited in basins that occupy extensive areas. The main objective of this work is to carry out mineralogical and geochemical studies of the hard kaolin, and to evaluate its thermal transformations through calcination up to 1500 oC. The results show a mineralogical composition dominated kaolinite. The evaluated thermal transformations allows us to describe a series of chemical reactions from kaolinite to metakaolinite and further development of spinel, cristobalite and mullite. For the two analyzed samples, such transformations can start at different temperatures as a result of the different chemical compositions, mainly the iron contents.
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Caracterização química e mineralógica de birnessita natural da Mina do Azul (Província Mineral de Carajás, Brasil) e seu análogo sintético (K-OL-1) obtido pelo método sol-gel
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2016-06) FIGUEIRA, Bruno Apolo Miranda; ANGÉLICA, Rômulo Simões; COSTA, Marcondes Lima da; MERCURY, José Manuel Rivas; SANTOS, Manoel Roberval Pimentel dos; POELLMANN, Herbert
This paper presents a comparative chemical and mineralogical study of birnessite (BIR-AZ) collected from Azul mine (Carajás Province, Brazil) and its synthetic analogous synthesized by sol-gel method. The products were characterized by X-ray diffraction, FT-Raman spectroscopy, thermal analysis (TG-DTA), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and ICP-MS techniques. The results obtained confirm the presence of well-defined layer structures having monoclinic system, C2/m space group and the unit cell parameters are: BIR-AZ, a = 5.148 Å; b=2.843 Å, c=7.175 Å, and β = 100.75º; K-OL-SG, a = 5.150 Å; b = 2.846 Å, c = 7.214 Å, and β= 101.29º. The birnessite from Azul mine ores shows thermal stability up to 600 ºC, whereas its synthetic analogous, above 900 ºC. FT-Raman bands at 635, 570 and 410 cm-1 were identified and attributed to the Mn-O and K-O bond deformations in the birnessite structure. SEM images reveals that the manganese oxide mineral consist of platy packed particles of about 1 to 5 µm. By contrast, the morphology of the synthetic compound displays randomly arranged globules (<1 µm).
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Caulins amazônicos: possíveis materiais de referência
(2013-09) SANTOS, Suzianny Cristina Arimatéa; ROCHA JUNIOR, Carlos Augusto Ferreira da; SILVA, Liliane Nogueira da; ANGÉLICA, Rômulo Simões; NEVES, Roberto de Freitas
Kaolin is a product originated by the weathering action of aluminum silicates, such as feldspars, which in the Amazon region is favored by warm and humid climate. Used in fabrication of refractory, cement, pharmaceuticals, catalysts, paper coating and filler and other several purposes. This study aims to characterization and comparison of kaolins for paper coating and in natura from different regions in Pará ( Rio Capim, Jarí and Vila do Conde) of sedimentary origin with kaolins used as reference materials (IPT-28, IPT-32, IPT-42, KGa-1b e KGa-2). The characterizations were carried out by methods of chemical, physical and mineralogical analyses: Particle size distribution, X-Ray Diffraction, X-Ray Fluorescence, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Differential Thermal Analysis. The results showed as main mineral phase in all kaolin studied the kaolinite, with different degrees of "crystallinity". The Amazon kaolins presented high and low degree of structural order as well as reference materials. With respect to the properties of chemical composition, both materials showed levels of SiO2 + Al2O3 above 90%, low levels of Na2O and TiO2, with average of 0.6% and 1.92%, respectively for the reference materials, and for amazon kaolins were 0.3% and 1.62% to TiO2. The particle size analysis showed variances of the D50 from 0.7 to 9 µm to the amazon kaolins and from 1.7 to 6 µm to the reference materials. The sedimentary amazon kaolins, with low levels of impurities and found in large quantities, suggest a strong potential for use as reference kaolins.
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Ceramic raw materials from the State of Maranhão, Brazil. Part 1: chemical and mineralogical characterization and technological properties of clays from São Luis, Rosário, Pinheiro and Mirinzal
(2012-12) MERCURY, José Manuel Rivas; CORREIA, Gricirene Sousa; VASCONCELOS, Nazaré do Socorro Lemos Silva; CABRAL JÚNIOR, Aluísio Alves; ANGÉLICA, Rômulo Simões
This work involved the characterization of clays collected in the municipalities of São Luis, Rosário, Pinheiro and Mirinzal (state of Maranhão, Brazil), based on specific mass, specific surface area, cation exchange capacity (CEC), particle size distribution, X-ray diffraction (XRD), differential thermal analysis (DTA), thermogravimetric analysis (TG-DTA) and Atterberg limits. Technological tests for ceramic applications were also carried out on compacts pressed under 20 MPa and heat-treated at 850, 950, 1050, 1150 and 1250ºC. Our results indicated that two of the clays composed of kaolinite, quartz, and anatase with high plasticity limits, have excellent properties and can be used in the whiteware industry. The other ones are red-firing clays and have a mineralogical composition of quartz, kaolin, feldspar, montmorillonite, hematite and goethite. The latter showed low and moderate values of plasticity, which makes them suitable for the production of heavy clay products.
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Chemical and mineralogical characterization of portuguese ceramic tiles in the historic center of São Luís do Maranhão (Brazil): an approximation of the mineralogy and firing temperature of the raw materials
(2013-03) MERCURY, José Manuel Rivas; PEREIRA, Domingos de Jesus Costa; VASCONCELOS, Nazaré do Socorro Lemos Silva; CABRAL JÚNIOR, Aluísio Alves; ANGÉLICA, Rômulo Simões
This work involved the first-ever characterization of antique Portuguese ceramic wall tiles in the Historic Center of São Luis do Maranhão, Brazil. The tiles were characterized by optical microscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD) and chemical analysis to identify the possible raw materials used in the fabrication process, as well as the firing temperature of these materials. The results indicate that the microstructure of these materials consists of pores of varying sizes with calcite incrustations and quartz grain sizes smaller than 500 µm distributed in a pinkish yellow matrix, which were identified by XRD as calcite, gehlenite, wollastonite, quartz, and amorphous mineral phases. Based on this information, it can be inferred that the original raw materials probably consisted of a mixture of kaolinitic clays (Al2O3•2SiO2•2H2O) rich in calcium carbonates and quartz, or mixtures of kaolinitic clays, quartz and calcite, which did not reach the pre-firing temperature of 950oC.
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Cimentos Portland aditivados com arenito zeolítico com propriedades pozolânicas
(2014-06) PICANÇO, Marcelo de Souza; ANGÉLICA, Rômulo Simões; BARATA, Márcio Santos
The proper use of pozzolans enables the production of special cements with lower manufacturing cost and higher durability in comparison with cements without mineral additions. It also enables significant gains in productivity and in equipment service life in the factory as well as reduce the CO2 emission into the atmosphere. Zeolites have been used as pozzolanic material in mixtures with Fuller's Earth and water in buildings from the ancient Roman Empire. Nowadays, there are many discussions involving pozzolanic reactivity of natural zeolites in the incorporation to Portland cement. In the Northeastern region of Brazil, sedimentary zeolites related to sandstones of the Parnaiba Basin were discovered by the Geological Survey of Brazil in the 2000s. These sandstones are mainly composed by quartz, natural zeolites (estilbity) and clay (smectite). Preliminary studies have pointed that this sandstone may be used as pozzolanic material in Portland cements. The material must be previously grinded to remove quartz and thermally activated, since stilbite is a zeolite with low pozzolanic activity. The aim of this study was to evaluate the ideal amount of thermally activated zeolitic sandstone to be incorporated in the Portland cement in order to improve its mechanical and mineralogical properties. In the laboratory, the < # 200 fraction of the zeolitic sandstone was calcined at 500 º C. Chemical and miner-alogical analysis were carried out by X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF) and X-ray Diffractometry (XRD), respectively. The hydration behavior of the cements was evaluated using heat-flow calorimetry, besides thermal analysis and XRD. To evaluate the physical properties, mechanical testing of compressive strength in cement mortar Portland with different proportions of sandstone was carried out. The results showed that the AZ2-3 zeolitic sandstone with the proportion of 10% incorporated in Portland cement type CPI-S, showed the best result of compressive strength and mineralogical properties of the samples suitable for the production of CPII-Z type commercial cement.
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Color and shade parameters of ultramarine zeolitic pigments synthesized from kaolin waste
(2014-08) MENEZES, Raquel Aranha de; PAZ, Simone Patrícia Aranha da; ANGÉLICA, Rômulo Simões; NEVES, Roberto de Freitas; PERGHER, Sibele Berenice Castellã
Ultramarine pigments were successful synthesized from zeolite A obtained from kaolin waste. This waste has been used as an excellent source of silicon and aluminum for zeolite synthesis because of its high kaolinite concentrations and low contents of other accessory minerals. The cost is naturally less than the industrialized product. Color additives (Sulfur and Sodium Carbonate) were mixed with different proportions of zeolite A and further calcined for 5 h at 500 °C. They were characterized by XRD and XRF in addition to visual classification by color and shade. These products show colors from blue to green at different shades, both influenced by the amount of additives and cooling rate after calcination. Thus, a different quantity of the same additives in the same zeolitic matrix provides an increase in the color intensity. Cooling rate after calcination induces the color change which is substantially important in the pigments production.
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Comportamento térmico e evolução das fases de óxidos de Mn com estrutura hollandita da região Amazônica
(2013-03) FIGUEIRA, Bruno Apolo Miranda; ANGÉLICA, Rômulo Simões; COSTA, Marcondes Lima da; POELLMANN, Herbert; MERCURY, José Manuel Rivas
The tunnel-structure manganese oxide minerals, hollandite (Apuí, Amazonas state, Brazil, area in prospection) and cryptomelane (Urucum, Mato do Sul Grosso state, Brazil) were isolated and characterized chemical, mineralogical, thermal and morphologically. The following techniques were employed: scanning electron microscopy-EDS, thermal analysis (DTA-TG), X-ray diffraction with continuous-heating. The empirical formula, were calculated on the basis 16 oxygen gave as (Ba0,18K0,12Ca0,02Pb0,04)0,76(Mn6,34Al0,61Si0,25Fe0,24Ti0,08) 7,54O160,4H2O for hollandite and (K0,9Na0,04Ca0,03Sr0,04) 1,04 (Mn7,38Fe0,28Al0,27Si0,08) 8O16 for cryptomelane. The SEM investigations allowed the differentiation of the morphologies for hollandite and cryptomelane. The minerals were thermally treated among 100-900 ºC and X-ray diffraction patterns in situ were collected. The analysis of X-ray diffractions experiments showed that a hollandite-crytomelane mineral has a thermal stability up to 900 ºC.
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Elementos traço em material particulado atmosférico de uma região agroindustrial do sudeste do Brasil
(2013) OLIVEIRA, Patrícia Lopes de; FIGUEIREDO, Bernardino Ribeiro; CARDOSO, Arnaldo Alves; ANGÉLICA, Rômulo Simões
Trace element concentrations were measured in atmospheric particulate matter collected in 2009 and 2010, in a Brazilian region influenced by pre-harvest burning of sugar cane crops. For coarse particles, high concentrations of Al, Fe, K and Ca suggested that re-suspended soil dust was the main source of aerosol trace elements, subsequently confirmed by XRD analysis. High levels of K, Zn, As, Cd and Pb were found in fine particles, confirming the contribution of biomass burning and vehicle emissions, whereas Na, Al, K, Fe and Zn were the representative elements in ultrafine particles, influenced by a diversity of sources.
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Estabilidade térmica da zeólita A sintetizada a partir de um rejeito de caulim da Amazônia
(2008-09) MAIA, Ana Áurea Barreto; ANGÉLICA, Rômulo Simões; NEVES, Roberto de Freitas
Zeolite A was calcined at 200, 400, 600, 800 and 1000 °C for 2h to evaluate its thermal stability. The zeolite A was synthesized using kaolin waste from kaolin processing industries for paper coating located in the Amazon region. Both zeolite A and further calcined products were characterized by X-ray diffraction analysis and scanning electron microscopy. The zeolite A structure remained stable up to 600 °C, where only small variations in peak intensities were observed. At 800 °C the diffraction pattern still exhibited zeolite A but with the absence of some peaks. At 1000 °C nepheline, mullite and probably sodalite were formed. The zeolite A was also heated at 900 and 950 °C to check the two exothermic peaks observed in the DTA curve. The X-ray diffraction analysis indicated the presence of nepheline, sodalite and mullite.
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Estudo do comportamento térmico e propriedades físico-mecânicas da lama vermelha
(2010) MERCURY, José Manuel Rivas; GALDINO, Laécio Gomes; VASCONCELOS, Nazaré do Socorro Lemos Silva; PAIVA, Antonio Ernandes Macêdo; CABRAL JÚNIOR, Aluísio Alves; ANGÉLICA, Rômulo Simões
The present work studied the thermal behavior, the evolution of the crystalline phases with temperature and the ceramic properties of the red mud (bauxite tailing) from an aluminium industry of the Maranhao state. The research was carried out by Simultaneous Thermal Analysis (TG-DTA), Optical Dilatometry up to 1350 ºC, while the evolution of the crystalline phases was performed by X-ray diffraction analysis upon heating between 750 to 1150 ºC. Physical-mechanical properties, like Specific Surface Area, Particle Size Distribution, Plastic Limit (PL), Liquid Limit (LL), Plasticity Index (PI), Flexural Strength, Water Absorption (WA), Linear Shrinkage After Firing (LS) and the Apparent Porosity (AP) were also determined at the same range of temperature. The following major crystalline phases were detected: hematite, sodalite, and anatase at 750 ≤ T ≤ 850 ºC; and hematite, nepheline and sodalite at 950 ≤ T ≤ 1150 ºC. The technological experiments indicated that red mud can be used for the processing of structural ceramic materials, since it is an inert material between 870-950 ºC and presents highest water absorption and lowest shrinkage and flexural strength. At 950 ≤ T ≤ 1350 ºC, red mud presented a high shrinking of almost 5 to 50 % with total fusion at 1350 ºC, due to the presence of feldspathoids phases in its mineral composition.