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Chitin Adsorbents to Wastewater Treatment

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This chapter presents studies on the use of chitin and its chitosan derivative as adsorbents in effluent treatment. Initially the origin of chitin is addressed, which is predominantly obtained from fishing waste. The objective is to present an overview of the main results obtained during the effluent treatment using chitin, chitosan and its derivatives in the removal of different classes of dyes, metallic ions, that is, several pollutants.

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Abbreviations

BET:

Brunauer–Emmett–Teller

EDX:

Dispersive energy x-Ray

FTIR:

Fourier transformer infrared

MB:

Methylene blue

RB198:

Reactive blue 198 dye

RB4:

Reactive blue 4 dye

RR120:

Reactive red 120 dye

RB4:

Reactive blue 4 dye

RR120:

Reactive red 120 dye

SEM:

Scanning electron microscopy

SEM:

Scanning electron microscopy

TC-Chitosan:

Thiocarbamoyl chitosan

XDR:

X-Ray diffraction

XDR:

X-Ray diffraction

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  1. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

    Tania Maria Hubert Ribeiro & Márcia Cristina dos Santos

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Hubert Ribeiro, T.M., dos Santos, M.C. (2019). Chitin Adsorbents to Wastewater Treatment. In: Kopp Alves, A. (eds) Nanomaterials for Eco-friendly Applications. Engineering Materials. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26810-7_8

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