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Adsorção de CU2+ em alumina de transição obtida a partir da mistura de gibbsita e hidróxido de alumínio gel
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2015-09-30) PINHEIRO, Darllan do Rosário; MARTELLI, Marlice Cruz; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1213009262936026
Alumina is one of the most important oxides in the ceramic industry, being used mainly in the form of calcined alumina or fused applied, among other ways, as adsorbent material. In this work is a transition alumina production method from a mixture of gibbsite, from the Bayer process, gel and aluminum hydroxide, from the reaction of aluminum sulfate and ammonium hydroxide targeting the application as an adsorbent material for removing Cu2 + in aqueous solution. Adsorption conditions including contact time and pH were investigated. Assays were carried out at 30 ° C and 50 ° C, in which 1 g of alumina produced was subjected to contact with 100 ml of an aqueous solution containing Cu2 +. The concentrations of the aqueous solutions employed were 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600 and 2000 ppm copper sulphate solution. The characterization of copper sulfate solutions was performed in UV spectrophotometry and characterization of the material produced was carried out by XRD, EDX and BET surface area. Evaluated the contact time to achieve the adsorption equilibrium which is optimized time 15 min. The effect of pH on the adsorption shows that the adsorption temperature increases there is an increased pH compared with the pH of the initial solution of copper sulfate. The isotherms of Langmuir and Freundlich had satisfactory results for adsorption, and the Langmuir isotherm that better fits the adsorption data. Through the equilibrium isotherms it was found that the material produced has adsorption capacity for Cu2 + ion.
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Avaliação da influência das águas de poço e industrial tratada na corrosão do cobre
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2021-02-04) LIMA, Andel Denilson Matos; CARDOSO FILHO, José Carlos de Araújo; http://lattes.cnpq.br/7033790503322903
Efficient corrosion monitoring prevents, in an industry, unplanned downtime for corrective maintenance to exchange parts, pipes, materials, components and equipment made of copper that have contact with raw or treated water and that suffer wear and tear over time. This work monitored through the exposure of well water and treated a cosmetics industry, located in the State of Pará, the level of corrosivity when in contact with corrosion coupons (proof bodies) made of copper. The method of analysis consisted of immersing these coupons in well water and industrial water for 7, 14, 21 and 28 days. In each period, the coupons were removed clean and taken to mass loss tests, corrosion rate, corrosion potential and polarization curves. In addition to physicalchemical and microbiological analyzes of water samples for the calculation of stability, which shows whether the trend is stable, corrosive or fouling. The results showed that well water has low corrosivity and industrial water has moderate corrosivity, even receiving chemical treatment for pH correction and microbiological control. The loss of mass and the corrosion rate of the copper coupon were greater for industrial water and the polarization curves and corrosion potential showed that industrial water has a high degree of corrosion compared to well water.
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Desenvolvimento de processo de zeólita A utilizando o caulim da Amazônia e aplicação na adsorção de Cu+2
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2014-08-22) MORAES, Cristiane Gomes; MACÊDO, Emanuel Negrão; http://lattes.cnpq.br/8718370108324505; SOUZA, José Antônio da Silva; http://lattes.cnpq.br/6157348947425968
Around the world millions of tons of inorganic waste are produced every day in mining and mineral processing. These wastes are stored in sedimentation basins or discarded in landfills, and very often are thrown directly into the environment without any treatment process. However, alternative recycling and/or reuse should be investigated and, where possible. This work shows studies in order to reuse the kaolin waste from Amazon, from a kaolin processing company for paper covering. For the synthesis of the zeolite in static and dynamic hydrothermal processes, was used as the silicon source and the aluminum kaolin waste, which passed through the calcination procedure in a muffle at 600°C to obtain metakaolin; and as sodium source chose to 5M sodium hydroxide solution. In the static method was used stainless steel autoclaves, in an oven at 110°C, using 1,75g of metakaolin, varying the time of synthesis and the mass of sodium hydroxide and the dynamic process, we used 100g of metakaolin, mass 34,5g sodium hydroxide; at 95°C under stirring system, varying the time of synthesis, in order to determine the optimal conditions in the synthesis of the zeolite in the process. Matches materials and zeolitic products obtained in the syntheses were characterized by: X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), differential thermal analysis and thermogravimetric (DTA/TG), X-ray fluorescence (XRF) and particle size analysis. There is the possibility of scale-up, since the zeolite obtained, the dynamic process in time of 30 min. Data from adsorption experiments determined by iodometric technique copper alloys and metal and minerals, adjusted by Langmuir and Freundlich suggest that the static and dynamic zeolitic materials have good adsorptive capacity reached 95% efficiency for concentrations in the range of 50 to 100mg/L, thereby demonstrating that these materials are efficient and cost effective alternative when used for the removal of heavy metals, in the case of copper, the treatment of industrial effluents.
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Eletrodeposição pulsada e caracterização de revestimentos de cobre/nanotubos de carbono em ligas de alumínio 3003 e 1350
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2025-06-25) SILVA, Alberto Solary da; SOUSA, Mário Edson Santos de; http://lattes.cnpq.br/4761512397509247; HTTPS://ORCID.ORG/0000-0002-7605-2371; REIS, Marcos Allan Leite dos; http://lattes.cnpq.br/8252507933374637; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2226-2653
The demand for more efficient and sustainable electrical systems has driven research toward innovative materials that enhance the properties of electrical conductors. Aluminum (Al) and its alloys are widely used in power transmission and distribution due to their low density and good electrical conductivity. The pursuit of improved electrical properties has led to the development of coatings that increase conductivity without compromising the lightweight nature of the material. This study presents an investigation into the anodization of Al substrates as a preparation step for nanostructured coatings, combined with pulsed current electrodeposition of a copper (Cu) and multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT)-based nanocomposite, focusing on the correlation between electrical properties and microstructure. Experiments were conducted on Al 3003 alloy sheets, and on wires and cables made from Al 1350 alloy. Optimized anodization parameters were established using 100% H₂SO₄, direct current of 3 A, and 10 V applied for 2 hours. For the pulsed current electrodeposition, a concentration of 1 mg/mL of MWCNTs, an 80% duty cycle, 2 A, and 10 V were applied for 1 hour. Field Emission Gun Scanning Electron Microscopy (FEG-SEM) micrographs confirmed the formation of a uniform and porous aluminum oxide (Al₂O₃) layer, essential for coating adhesion, and revealed the homogeneous and effective distribution of the nanocomposite over the anodized surface. Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) verified the presence of Cu and carbon (C) elements distributed throughout the coating layer. Raman spectroscopy identified characteristic vibrational modes of MWCNTs: D, G, and G′ bands, showing variations in intensity and bandwidth due to structural modifications induced by electrodeposition. X-ray Diffraction (XRD) analysis revealed the crystalline phases present in the coating and structural changes resulting from the surface treatment, confirming the integration of the nanocomposite into the metallic substrate. Electrical conductivity tests using the four-point Kelvin probe method, before and after coating, demonstrated a significant increase in electrical conductivity (σ), indicating improved charge transport efficiency due to the synergy between Cu and MWCNTs. Among the results, a ∼ 52.33% increase in surface electrical conductivity (σₛ) of the Al sheets and an increase in IACS from 67.76% to ∼ 73.5% in the coated wires stood out. Similarly, the average resistance of the coated cable decreased from 4.88×10⁻⁴ Ω to 1.934×10⁻⁴ Ω, a reduction of ∼ 60.37% compared to the uncoated cable. Statistical analyses supported these findings and confirmed their significance. Joule heat dissipation and ampacity calculations confirmed the superior performance of the coated material and its potential for application in power transmission and distribution systems. Therefore, the Cu-MWCNT nanocomposite coating obtained via pulsed current electrodeposition on anodized surfaces represents a promising approach for improving the electrical properties of Al-based conductors.
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Estudo cristalográfico da deformação plástica em monocristais de cobre
(Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 1977-07-15) GOMES, José de Ribamar Seguins; MEDRANO, Ricardo Enrique
Previous results in Aluminum have show that the Critical Resolved Shear Stress is not the same for different slip system when flat single crystals are deformed. This is consequence either different stress is necessary to move edge screw dislocation or surface effect (aluminum have a oxide layer attached). In the present work similar analysis have been done in copper. Flat single crystals of special orientation have beem grown Under inert atmosphere in a graphite mould. The slip system is determined by following the tensile orientation with this purpose a deformation frame is attached to the X-Rays difractomer and movement of the tensile axis is measured by using the LAUE technique. It is found similar results than in aluminum which means that differences in flow stress are mainly tested to dislocations.
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Estudo da extração de cobre utilizando contactores com membranas como alternativa ao processo convencional de extração por solvente
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2013-12-27) OLIVEIRA, Kleber Bittencourt; FERRAZ, Helen Conceição; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1820877582714129; MACÊDO, Emanuel Negrão; http://lattes.cnpq.br/8718370108324505
This paper studied the extraction of copper using membrane contactors as an alternative to conventional SX process. The relevant process parameters as type and concentration of extractant solvent, the strip solution, operating time and pH were investigated. Furthermore, a mathematical model was developed from a system of partial differential equations resulting from the mass balance in the membrane contactor system, using as the solution methodology of Integral Technique Coupled (CIEA). The experimental studies conducted in this study showed that use of membrane contactors in liquid-liquid extraction of copper is a promising and viable technology, with the potential to replace the method of solvent extraction by direct contact adopted currently yielding 100% extraction LIX 84I copper using 20% (v/v) as extractant, kerosene as solvent and H2SO4 strip solution in an operation time of 80 minutes. The results obtained by mathematical modeling and simulation of the physical problem analyzed in this study were compared with experimental results and shown to be satisfactory, demonstrating the ability of CIEA in treating problems of mass transfer in membrane systems with contactor.
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Estudo da influencia do residuo de beneficiamento de cobre sulfetado nas propriedades do concreto asfaltico
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2016-11-25) KATO, Ricardo Bentes; SOUZA, José Antônio da Silva; http://lattes.cnpq.br/6157348947425968
With the development of industrial society, the demand for raw material has been increasing steadily over the last decades. Linked to this development occurs the generation of residues, which in the case of copper approximately 1% of the soil is exploited and transformed into commercial copper, the other 99% become waste of the process, being deposited in containment basins, where it is estimated 90 million tons the quantity contained in the Canaa dos Carajas plant, from where the residue of this work was obtained. This leads to high construction and maintenance costs, as well as generating a hazardous environmental liability. The objective of this work was to evaluate the addition of copper mining residue in replacement of the small aggregate in CA. In the dosage design it was verified that the content of 10% of residue in substitution to the small aggregate, more precisely 7.73% (obtained by regression), as the proportion that best suited the Marshall properties, even with lower CAP content In relation to the others, fact this provided by the type of fines of the residue. In general, the measured mechanical properties were not altered by the presence of the residue, except for the fatigue data, where the 20% and 25% mixtures showed superior performance, mainly because the resilience modulus values were statistically the same. The rheological data, compared to Superpav classification, were also unchanged, as well as the coating thickness given in the simulation in the SisPav, being in the order of 5 cm. In analyzing the potential for the use of waste, a positive conclusion was reached regarding the technological, environmental and economic aspects, with the possibility of consumption of more than 1.500.000 tons in roads close to the project, besides the economy with CAP consumption and Portland cement for trace correction.
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Estudo isotópico de rochas e minério do depósito cupro-aurífero do Sossego (Carajás-PA)
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2017-03-07) SILVA, Claudia Daniele de Lima da; MACAMBIRA, Moacir José Buenano; http://lattes.cnpq.br/8489178778254136
The Cu-Au Sossego deposit is located in the Carajás Mineral Province (PMC), state of Pará, northern Brazil. It is found in a WNW-ESE shear zone, which marks the boundary between the Carajás Basin and its basement. In that area, others cuproauriferous deposits with similar characteristics occur, which constitute the South Belt Copper. They are considered to have a hydrothermal origin and included in the IOCG class (Iron Oxide-Copper-Gold), although many doubts still exist as those concerning their genesis, particularly with respect to the age of mineralization and of their host rocks. The Sossego deposit host rocks are mainly represented by Sequeirinho Granite (GSQ), Biotite-rich mylonite (MB), Gabbrodiorite (GD), and diabase (DB), all variably hydrothermalized. The orebodies are in form of veins and stockwork, and locally, are in form of breccia bodies with sulphide matrix. In the ore from the Sossego deposit it was identified chalcopyrite, magnetite and pyrite, as well as subordinated amounts of siegenite, millerite and rutile. Zircon age obtained by the U-Pb LA-ICP-MS method of GSQ (2989 ± 11 Ma) is interpreted as dating the oldest magmatism event recorded in PMC. Pb-Pb analyses in GD and DB whole rock, and leaching from Sequeirinho orebody indicated highly radiogenic samples which, due to the relatively low analytical error, produced straights with high MSWD and deviations on the "ages", interpreted as a result of the opening of the isotopic system, since the values are intermediate between the admitted ages for the host rocks and the Proterozoic intrusions of the deposit, which must have affected the geochemical systems. The age obtained from the leaching of Sequeirinho chalcopyrite (2666 ± 580 Ma), in spite of the large error, allowed relate the mineralization to the Neoarchean magmatism and the Carajás Basin inversing. The events that occurred during this period (2.74 and 2.68 Ga) would have facilitated the percolation of hydrothermal fluids responsible for the copper ore. The straights with minor deviations correspond to the leaching from Sossego orebody chalcopyrite, that indicated ages of 1887 ± 70 and 1884 ± 210 Ma, interpreted as dating the youngest event of IOCG mineralization related to the A-type Paleoproterozoic magmatism, represented by the Serra of Carajás Intrusive Suite (1.88 Ga) of the PMC.
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Evolução supergênica do depósito cuprífero Alvo 118 - Província Mineral de Carajás
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2022-12-15) SANTOS, Pabllo Henrique Costa dos; COSTA, Marcondes Lima da; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1639498384851302; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0134-0432
The Carajás Mineral Province is home to one of the most extensive cupriferous belts in the world, where hypogene mineralizations were partially transformed into gossans, later lateritized and/or truncated during landscape evolution. These covers represent an information source for mineral exploration and, in some cases, can be mined together with parental hypogene mineralizations. The plateaus of the South American Surface host complete and lateritized gossans, while the surrounding denuded areas, typical of the Velhas Surface, exhibit incomplete or immature gossans, with the Alvo 118 deposit as an example. In this orebody, the hypogene mineralization was converted into an immature gossan located at depth, while the host rocks were weathered near the surface, forming a mineralized saprolite. The gossan comprises an oxidation zone, which includes goethite, malachite, pseudomalachite, cuprite, tenorite, native copper, ramsbeckite, chrysocolla, and libethenite, with relics of a secondary sulfide zone, represented by chalcocite. These minerals are distributed in the goethite, malachite, cuprite, and libethenite zones, with their mineral successions reflecting the transition of mineralizing solutions from acidic to slightly alkaline conditions and an increase in oxidation potential. This environment was established from the interaction of acid solutions, derived from chalcopyrite dissolution, with the gangue minerals (calcite and apatite) and the host rocks, granodiorites and, secondarily, chloritites, which acted in buffering the system, favoring the formation of new copper-bearing minerals. The strong correlations of CuO with Ag, Te, Pb, Se, Bi, Au, In, Y, U, and Sn in the hypogene mineralization reflect the inclusions of petzite, altaite, galena, uraninite, cassiterite, and stannite in chalcopyrite. In the gossan, Ag, Te, Pb, Se, and Bi remained associated and were incorporated into neoformed copper minerals. On the other hand, Au, In, Y, U, and Sn exhibit greater affinity with iron oxyhydroxides, as well as Zn, As, Be, Ga, Mo and Ni. The δ65Cu values reinforce that the investigated gossan is immature and was not intensely affected by leaching processes. The main mineral phases identified in the saprolite are kaolinite (predominant), associated with chlorite, smectite, vermiculite, quartz, and iron oxyhydroxides. Iron oxyhydroxides are strongly correlated with Ga, Sc, Sn, V, Mn, Co, and Cr, partly derived from the weathering of parent rocks. Additionally, Mössbauer spectroscopy data point to the important role of ferrihydrite and goethite as copper-bearing phases. There is no evidence of copper incorporation by clay minerals. The δ56Fe values indicate a little contribution of primary mineralization to the Fe content of the saprolite, which is more influenced by chlorite weathering. The association Al2O3, Hf, Zr, Th, TiO2, Ce, La, Ba, and Sr represents the geochemical signature of the host rocks, which influence the chemical composition of the three types of mineralization. On the other hand, the association In, Y, Te, Pb, Bi, and Se comprise the main pathfinder elements of the hypogene mineralization. Detailed knowledge of the supergene mineral and geochemical fractionation makes the Alvo 118 deposit a reference guide for investigating immature gossans and mineralized saprolites in denuded areas of the Carajás Mineral Province or equivalent terrains.
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Geocronologia e geoquímica isotópica dos depósitos de Cu-Au Igarapé Bahia e Gameleira, Província Mineral de Carajás (PA), Brasil
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2002-05-10) GALARZA TORO, Marco Antonio; MACAMBIRA, Moacir José Buenano; http://lattes.cnpq.br/8489178778254136
Copper sulfide + Au ore deposits are common in the Carajás Mineral Province and systematically occur in Archean metavolcano-sedimentary sequences associated or not with granitoid intrusions. Two of these deposits, Igarapé Bahia and Gameleira, have been chosen for a geochronological and isotopic study with the purpose of not only determining their ages, origin and relationships with the host rocks, but also the formation and evolution of the crustal segments within which both deposits are located. The Igarapé Bahia Group hosts the Igarapé Bahia deposit and is composed of mafic metavolcanic (MVR), metapyroclastic (MPR) and meta sedimentary rocks (MSR), besides banded iron-formations and hydrothermally altered breccias zone (HBZ). The whole rock pile is crosscut by mafic dikes (MIR). The Cu-Au ore forms disseminations to massive bodies, mostly occurring in the HBZ which marks the contacts between the MVR and the MSR/MPR rock units. Petrographic and geochemical data about the MVR (basaltic meta-andesites), MPR (laminated and lapilli metatuffs) and MIR (quartz diorites) show them all to be derived from mafic magmas of tholeiitic affiliation, in spite of the alteration evidence. These rocks also show geochemical similarities (major and trace elements, including REE) with the coeval Grão Pará Group volcanic rocks. Chloritization (dominant), carbonation, sulfidation and magnetitization are the most important types of hydrothermal alteration. The ore is chiefly composed of chalcopyrite with variable amounts of pyrite, bornite and chalcocite. Chrorite, magnetite, siderite are abundant as gangue minerals, whereas tourmaline, molybdenite, fluorite and biotite are subordinate. Pb-Pb dating on zircon yield crystallization ages of 2745±1 Ma and 2747±1 Ma for the MVR and MPR, respectively. Similar whole-rock ages were obtained for the MVR (Pb-Pb / 2776±12 Ma and Sm-Nd / 2758±75 Ma) and the MPR (Pb-Pb / 2758±36 Ma). A Pb-Pb age of 2764±22 Ma for the chalcopyrite and gold suggests the mineralization to be contemporaneous with the host Igarapé Bahia Group. Similar Pb-Pb ages are recorded on chalcopyrite from the HBZ (2772±46 Ma), MVR (2756±24 Ma), MPR (2754±36 Ma) and MIR (2777±22 Ma), and in gold from the MVR (2778 Ma). All these geochronological data support a syngenetic to late syngenetic origin of the Igarapé Bahia Cu-sulfide + Au ores. Pb-Pb ages of 2385±122 and 2417±120 Ma obtained by leaching of the BHZ chalcopyrite may indicate a period of remobilization probably related to tectonic reactivations of the Carajás-Cinzento Strike-Slip System. δS18 values of +0.1 to +4.2%0 in ZBH sulfides (mostly chalcopyrite) corroborate both the involvement of magmatic hydrothermal fluids and exhalative deposition, whereas δC13PDB values of -7.28 to -15.78‰ in ZBH siderite suggest the mantle as a likely source for the homogeneous CO2- rich fluids responsible for the carbonate precipitation (carbonatic source) although, if it does not have evidences of the existence of this type of rock in the Carajás region. In turn, δO18PDB values of -15.51 to -20.96%0 in the same siderite indicate some contribution of meteoric waters to the fluids that altered the breccias. The Gameleira ore deposit is hosted by the Archean Igarapé Pojuca Group which consists of mafic metavolcanic rocks (MVR), amphibolites, schists, banded iron-formations and hydrothermalites. Neoarchaean mafic intrusive rocks (MIR), Paleoproterozoic quartz-feldspathic apophyses and granitoids crosscut all the Igarapé Pojuca rocks. Petrographical and geochemical data allow the MVR and MIR to be classed, respectively, as basaltic meta-andesites and quartz diorites of tholeiitic affiliation. The schistose rocks can be classified as plagioclase-quartz-biotite schist. Biotitization, chloritization, sulfidation, tourmalinization and silicification are the most remarkable types of hydrothermal alteration. The ore occurs chiefly in veins and veinlets and is characterized by selvages of chalcopyrite, pyrite, pirrhotite, bornite, molybdenite, rare cubanite, besides quartz, tourmaline, fluorite, chlorite and biotite. The MVR seem to be contemporaneous with those of the Grão Pará, Igarapé Bahia and Igarapé Salobo groups, adopting the age of the Grão Pará Group as the age of formation of these rocks. Dating of the MIR (Pb-Pb on zircon) yields a value of 2705±2 Ma interpreted as the crystallization age of these rocks and similar to those found for the mafic sills (2.70 to 2.65 Ga) that occur in the neighboring Águas Claras deposit. Pb-Pb ages of 2615±10 and 2683±7 Ma on zircon from a saprolith of the Igarapé Pojuca Group domain probably represent rocks coeval with those sills. Pb-Pb ages of 2646±30 Ma (MVR / whole-rock), 2422±12 Ma (vero sulfides) and 2218±14 Ma (leaching of chalcopyrite) are indicative of a superimposed event on the Igarapé Pojuca metamorphic rocks, either the emplacement of granitoid intrusions (1.87-1.53 Ga) or the reactivation of the Caraj ás-Cinzento Strike-Slip System. This event probably caused remobilization of pre-existing ore as well as (partial or total) resetting of the Pb isotopic system. Both the Igarapé Bahia and the Igarapé Pojuca groups, and other greenstone-like metavolcano-sedimentary sequences of Carajás, overlie a basement made up of rocks that are contemporaneous with the Xingu and Pium complexes as well as with the Arco Verde tonalite, which are the likely sources of the inherited zircon found in the MVR and MIR of the Igarapé Bahia Group and dated at 3.03-2.86 Ga. Therefore, the ranges of 3.03-2.86 and 2.76-2.74 Ga represent, respectively, well-defined periods of crust formation and expressive volcanism in the northern portion of the Carajás Mineral Province. Sm-Nd model ages (TDM) of 3.17-2.99 Ga, obtained for the rocks of both the Igarapé Bahia and Gameleira deposits are consistent with those determined for the basement rocks and granitoids that occur in the Carajás Mineral Province. ΕNd(t) values for these rocks (-0.36 to -2.12) indicate nor only participation of older crust material in the parental magmas but also that magmas were generated in a continental rift environment. This supports the current hypotheses about the tectonic environment of formation of the Itacaiunas Supergroup to which belong both the Igarapé Bahia and the Igarapé Pojuca groups. In conclusion, both studied deposits seem to have a similar primary genesis, but distinct further history in the Neoarchaean and Paleoproterozoic times, which certainly affected their mineralizations.
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Métodos geofísicos aplicados à prospecção de cobre na Serras de Carajás - Pará
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 1980-03-20) HOOKER, Enrique Campbell; SAUCK, William August; http://lattes.cnpq.br/6655455534234531
Through an agreement between the Federal University of Para and the Rio Doce Geologia e Mineração Company, a geophysical research was carried out in the area known as ALVO 1, MM1, Serra dos Carajás, south of Para, Brazil. The magnetic, electrical induced polarization and AFMAG methods were applied, to detect the distribution of copper in subsurface. This work was carried out both on a 9 km2 reconnaissance area (ALVO 1) and on a 0.63 km2 detail area (Corpo 2). The AFMAG method detected various conductors displaced from each other by possible faulting. The orientation of these conductors, coincides with the dominant strike of the body of schist which contains copper sulfide, associated with an iron formation. The close correlation they have with the magnetic anomaly, may imply that the AFMAG anomalies are caused, firstly by the iron formation and secondarily by the sulfide. The magnetic method detected strong anomaly over the iron formation. The displacement of the segment of the anomaly impleis faulting. This method is very important in the area due to the association of the sulfide zone with the iron formation. The electrical induced polarization/resistivity method detected anomalies with PFE, varying from 6 to 12% approximately. Several of these anomalies were confirmed by mechanical sounding and laboratory research (Rocha, 1979). It was verified that these anomalies were caused by a combined effect of the iron formation and the sulfide body. The geophysical research carried out at this pilot area turned out to be very important considering the fact that its results can be successfully extrapolated to a larger area with the same geological characteristics.
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Microquímica e mineralogia de processos do minério de cobre de Salobo, Carajás
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2002-03-18) CHOQUE FERNANDEZ, Oscar Jesus; COSTA, Marcondes Lima da; http://lattes.cnpq.br/1639498384851302
The Salobo deposit, located in Carajás, southeastern of Pará, is one of the largest copper reserves in Brazil. Although severa! mineralogical studies have been developed for this ore, its origin is still controversial, with severa! interpretations, such as volcanogenic copper-bearing oxide and voicanogenic massive sulfide and iron oxide (Cu-U-Au-REE). In comparison with other well-known deposits, it is a rare example of mineralization. Particular characteristics such as disseminated mineralization, fine grain and its hardness impose serious difficulties to copper concentrates production. Due to ore complexity it is difficult the metallurgical treatment, reasons why it is constantly submitted to geological and technological reevaluations. The literature on Salobo deposit is expressive but detailed works about microchemistry and technological characterization in comminution are rare or restricted to Salobo Metais S.A. company. The objectives of this work dealt with these questions. Microchemical analyses using microprobe and SEM/EDS in samples of holes and ore piles (research gallery G3) of Salobo, allowed the identification of sulfide mineralization with bornite (4%), chalcocite (2%) and chalcopyrite (0.5%), and variable proportions of molybdenite, cobaltite, safflorite, niqueline, siegenite, gold, silver, graphite, ilmenite, hematite, Te-Ag, uraninite and REE minerais. These minerais occur in schist iron formations where the deposit es found: a) magnetite and massive fayalite, eventually banded and b) banded biotite and magnetite. These groups considered as gangue (magnetite 53% and silicates 40%) contain minor amounts of gamet, amphibole, quartz, plagioclase and subordinate amounts of fluorite, greenalite, minnesotaite, stilpnomelane, apatite, monazite, allanite and occasionally siderite, goethite and malachite. Sulfides are preferentially concentrated in magnetite rich iron formations. Copper sulfides occur as crystals less than 3.0 mm and as disseminated fine grains, with fine alternated banded and/or foliated silicates, veiniets and/or long/short stringers, tiny inclusions, bornite/chalcocite and bornite/chalcopyrite mirmekitic intergrowth and bornite-chalcocite and bornite-chalcopyrite substitutions. These minerais were formed by complex processes and are characterized by compositional controls, mainly for the presence of Fe in them. Solid solutions of bomite and chalcopyrite were formed at high temperatures and gave way to those iron excesses. Atomic radios Cu/Fe of bomite (4.3-4.9) and chalcopyrite (average of 0.9) at high temperatures allowed the co-existence of bornite-chalcopyrite equilibrium and therefore of bornite/chalcopyrite. Iron contents (maximum 0.96%) in chalcocite have been incorporated at those temperatures when the structure is highly disordered. Chalcopyrite lamellaes following the { 111 } orientation in bornite as well as the bornite/chalcocite and bornite/chalcopyrite intergrowth suggest exsolution. Although those phases are associated with severa' minerais in different paragenesis, the ore features have been affected drastically by metamorphism difficulting the reconstruction of its pre-metamorphic evolution. Ore grinding produced physical changes in the grain size and according to time, long or short, of mineral comminution the pulp reologie is modified. That process originates a grain size - 270 # (53 µm), 80 % wt. passing, grounding time on 4 hours (dry) and 2 hours (humid) adapted to copper concentration. Different volumetric fractions of copper sulfides in particles were obtained through both processes: larger fraction (6 % volume) to grain sizes < 53 µm and with a prevailing fraction (7 to 15 % volume) ranging from 26.9 to 7.5 µm. Physical modification shows larger magnetite proportions than silicate ones with a clear incidence of magnetite density in the hydrocyclone classification. Mineralogically, in the comminuted products, occur the same minerals established in ROM but with chemical modifications in copper sulfides. Magnetite is the main host for sulfides and greenalite is more frequent among the silicates, fluorite being also common. Proportions of S, Fe and Cu in bornite, chalcocite and chalcopyrite are variable relative to ROM and stoichiometry, varying in function of the grain size (larger chemical variation in grain sizes of 26.9 to 7.5 pm than on the 2360 to 37µm fraction). Iron can reach up to 6.0% wt. in chalcocite. Chemical variations in S, Cu and Fe formed ternary sulfides: bornite, characterized as "complex mistures" rich in iron (Cu4.34-4.76Fe1.03-1.04S4.0) and chalcopyrite rich in Fe Cu0.93Fe1.08S2.0 (as a solid solution extension of chalcopyrite). Chalcocite oxidation and high values of Fe in its structure also contributed to the reaction of binary sulfides: djurleite and digenite Cu1.77-1.84Fe0.04-0.06S1.0. Those ternary (Cu-Fe-S) and binary (Cu-S) copper sulfides have been formed in the initial oxidation state with superficial alterations induced by temperature (25°C on) and comminution. These sulfides were formed and controlled by the phase relationships in the Cu-Fe-S system. Low copper content in sulfides leads to a slower chemical variation than there is an excess of iron. These variations favoured the appearance of oxidized surfaces on copper sulfides with different products of oxidation [M1-nS and nM(OH)2]. Chemical variations showed to be dependent on the grain size, with smaller oxidations in sizes > 53 µm and larger oxidations in sizes <53 µm, caused by a combination of surface area and ability of chalcocite to be oxidized. Iron excess mainly as highly reactive colloidal particles could have been generated by: mill material, abrasive action of particles and probable magnetite oxidation, producing chemical variation in mill atmosphere and electrochemical corrosion processes. Comminuted ore conserves the lepidoblastic textures of the silicates biotite, fayalita and greenalite and granoblastics of magnetite or bornite, chalcocite and chalcopyrite grains. Crystals of copper sulfides, liberated and mixed with high percentage of magnetite and silicates are intensively fractured and eroded and sometimes fullfilling cracks and/or fractures of greenalite. They difficult the sulfide liberation. Copper sulfide liberations increase gradually when the grain size is finer (more than 50 % in grain sizes < 29.6 µm). Only in fractions < 37 µm (Cumulative liberation yield CLY90), the copper bearing particles begin to migrate and for higher degrees of liberation though such tendency can still be insufficient for the purposes of sulfide concentration. Besides the strong metamorphic recrystallization of the schists of ore formations, its high hardness, the extremely variable grain sizes of sulfides (5 to 300 µm) and the mineralogical ore complexity (mineralogical associations, disseminations, intergrowth complexes), this microchemical investigations, in ROM and in comminution products, revealed a significant chemical variation in copper sulfides. Iron present in sulfide mineral reticules is the main contaminant to chemical modifications (Cu/Fe ratio) influencing the quality of copper concentrate in mineral processing. It has been already established that between copper sulfides and other components of pulps during grinding and flotation (water, species collectors or modifiers) occur an interaction through electrochemical mechanisms producing oxidized species, where the chemical composition of the mineral in question is very important. The technological alternative adapted to treat the copper concentrate, with basis in mineralogical and microchemical studies in run-of-mine and comminution products, seems to be the hydrometallurgy because they can take advantage the production of fine grains and to use the reground for ultrafine grains production. These can be submitted to oxidation processes of sulfides to promote copper extraction. Finally the metallic copper extraction can follow the solvent extraction/electrowinning (SX/EW) process.
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Obtenção e caracterização de carvão ativado de caroço de buriti (Mauritia flexuosa L. f.) para avaliar o processo de adsorção de uma solução de Cu (II)
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2013-09-30) PINTO, Marcos Vinicios de Souza; SILVA, Denilson Luz da; http://lattes.cnpq.br/4241759369873376
Buriti core carbon (CCB) was produced from the reject of artisanal production of its fruit for the extraction of oil, heated to 400ºC. Then, the CCB was activated at temperatures of 800ºC and 900ºC. Adsorption tests were performed to evaluate the discharge of these activation temperatures in the adsorption of a solution of copper (II) to a known initial concentration of 50 mg/L. After having examined the results, it was decided by the activation of coal to 900ºC. The activated carbon of the buriti core (CACB) to 900ºC was characterized according to commercial properties such as specific area, porosimetry, apparent and real densities, porosity of a bed fix, scanning electron microscopy, ash content, pH, moisture, fixed carbon and acid surface functional groups present in the CACB. The results showed a higher removal efficiency of copper (II) to the diameter D < 0.595 mm, for the contact time of 300 minutes, for the pH of 4.01 and the initial concentrations of copper (II) 50 and 80 mg/L. Mathematical models of Langmuir and Freundlich were applied to the data of adsorption equilibrium. The mathematical model of Langmuir was the best fit to the data of balance. The Langmuir’s mathematical model was the best fit to the data of balance. According to data from the kinetic equilibrium, it was observed that from the contact time of 15 minutes all the equilibrium concentrations were below the allowed maximum of 1,0 mg/L under the law CONAMA nº 357/2005 for release effluent into aqueous environments. The experimental results obtained are indicative that it is possible to remove copper (II) from industrial effluent using CACB activated physically at 900ºC for a period of 60 minutes.
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Produção de carvão ativado a partir da biomassa residual da castanha do Brasil (Bertholletia excelsa L.) para adsorção de cobre (II)
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2012-09-20) MELO, Selma dos Santos; SILVA, Denilson Luz da; http://lattes.cnpq.br/4241759369873376
Activated carbon was produced from the Brazil nut bark (Bertholletia excelsa l.) to be used in the cooper (II) removing, in adsorption process in bath system. The bark is a waste material from the chestnut improvement which was collected, selected, washed in running water and then it was dried up in stove at 150 °C in 24 h. The carbons were charred at 400 °C for 3h and thermally activated at 800 °C in 1, 2 and 3 hours time when they received its encodings CA1, CA2 and CA3 respectively. Then they were characterized as: the specific superficial area, volume and pores size, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) coupled to EDS (energy dispersive X-ray system) and Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy FTIR). Preliminary tests were performed to assess the carbon efficiency as cooper (II) removing in synthetic solution of 50 mg L-1 initial concentration. As the results were satisfactory to CA1, CA2 and CA3 (93,43, 97,23 and 96,92 % to those carbons), decided by what had higher removing percentage of. The CA2 was produced and characterized as: the real and apparent densities, porosity in fixed bed, pH, moisture (wet basis), ashes, fixed carbon and functional groups by Boehm method. There were preformed tests to determine the cooper (II) efficiency removing concerning the carbon particle diameter influence, pH of the solution, contact time influence and variation of the initial concentration. The results of higher removing percentage were to diameter 0,595≤D≤1,19 mm, pH 5,09, in time of 5 min and concentrations of 50, 100 e 150 mg L-1. The adsorption kinetic study that best fit according to data was pseudo-second order model. The experimental data that presented good fit according to mathematical models of Langmuir and Frendlich isotherm. In this sense, was obtained activated carbon at a low cost from the Brazil nut bark which one showed a good efficiency in cooper (II) removing process and also allowing the using in the effluents treatment.
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Teores de cobre, zinco e ferro no fígado de búfalos (Bubalus bubalis) com paratuberculose
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2016-01) BELO REIS, Alessandra dos Santos; BRITO, Marilene de Farias; BOMJARDIM, Henrique dos Anjos; FAIAL, Kelson do Carmo Freitas; SALVARANI, Felipe Masiero; UBIALI, Daniel Guimarães; OLIVEIRA, Carlos Magno Chaves; BARBOSA NETO, José Diomedes
In order to study copper, zinc and iron concentration in the liver of buffaloes with paratuberculosis (PTB), 13 buffalo cows above three years of age of the Murrah and Mediterranean races or their crosses were used. They originated from two farms in the municipalities of São Luís and São Mateus, state of Maranhão, Brazil. The animals were selected according to clinical signs of paratuberculosis, as diarrhea, dehydration and submandibular edema. Rectal biopsies for detection of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (Map) through PCR in real time (qPCR) and Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) stain were performed on all animals. Seven buffaloes revealed positive and six were negative for PTB. They were separated into two groups: Group 1 contained seven buffaloes positive for paratuberculosis, and Group 2 contained six animals negative for paratuberculosis. They were euthanized and postmortem examination was performed for the collection of various tissue samples to be fixed in 10% formalin for histopathology; also liver tissue samples were collected to be frozen for chemical analysis of trace minerals (Cu, Zn and Fe). Postmortem showed that all buffaloes with PTB had brown colored mesenteric lymphnodes, indicating hemosiderosis. One buffalo had brown spots on the mucosa of the small intestine. Histopathology revealed moderate to severe hemosiderosis of the spleen in buffaloes of Group 1. All animals positive for PTB showed micromineral levels below the reference values. The average Cu concentration in buffaloes with PTB was only 18.0ppm and the one of Zn only 68.6ppm. In Group 2, negative for PTB, the average Cu concentration was 113.7ppm and the one of Zn 110.0ppm. Fe concentrations in buffaloes of both groups were high (>669ppm). The analysis of trace elements in the liver confirmed copper deficiency, but also showed low levels of zinc and high levels of iron. Based on clinical and pathological findings, and the micromineral concentrations found in the liver, it is concluded that paratuberculosis could lead to mineral deficiency and worsen the clinical condition of the buffaloes.