Preparation and characterization of hybrid from sugarcane bagasse / NbOPO4.nH2O and its application in membranes as filter element

• Grant number: 06/06740-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: August 01, 2007
• End date: May 31, 2011
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Materials and Metallurgical Engineering - Nonmetallic Materials
• Principal Investigator: Maria Lucia Caetano Pinto da Silva
• Grantee: Paulo Henrique Fernandes Pereira
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Engenharia (FEG). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Guaratinguetá. Guaratinguetá , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The considerable concern about water pollution in the environment has driven efforts to the development of new materials with properties to be used as filter in effluent treatments. Preparation of hydrous niobium phosphate by conventional precipitation from metallic niobium has shown very good results regarding its use for adsorption of surfactants. Works have been done on preparation of cellulose/metallic oxides (Cel/MxOy) composites for diverse applications. However, there is no literature about the study of Cel/NbOPO4.nH2O composites. In this context, the objective of this work is to prepare Cel/NbOPO4.nH2O composites from metallic niobium and bleached cellulose from sugar cane bagasse, via conventional precipitation using two national abundant and low cost materials. Characterization of these materials will be studied by thermogravimetry (TG), ray diffraction, scanning electronic microscopy (MEV) connected to an energy dispersive spectrophotometer (EDS), by surface area measurements (BET) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Samples with different dimensions prepared from the composites will be studied regarding their mechanical behavior through tensile and compression assays, according to ASTM. It will also be studied their surfactant adsorption behavior in hybrid organic-inorganic and characterization by thermogravimetry (TG), ray diffraction, scanning electronic microscopy (MEV) connected to an energy dispersive spectrophotometer (EDS) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

FERNANDES PEREIRA, PAULO H.; JACOBUS VOORWALD, HERMAN CORNELIS; CIOFFI, MARIA ODILA H.; MULINARI, DANIELLA REGINA; DA LUZ, SANDRA M.; CAETANO PINTO DA SILVA, MARIA LUCIA. SUGARCANE BAGASSE PULPING AND BLEACHING: THERMAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION. BIORESOURCES, v. 6, n. 3, p. 2471-2482, 2011. (06/06740-2)

FERNANDES PEREIRA, PAULO HENRIQUE; CORNELIS VOORWALD, HERMAN JACOBUS; HILARIO CIOFFI, MARIA ODILA; CAETANO PINTO DA DA SILVA, MARIA LUCIA. NOVEL CELLULOSE/NbOPO4 center dot nH(2)O HYBRID MATERIAL FROM SUGARCANE BAGASSE. BIORESOURCES, v. 6, n. 1, p. 867-878, 2011. (06/06740-2)

PAULO H. F. PEREIRA; HERMAN C. J. VOORWALD; MARIA O. H. CIOFFI; MARIA L. C. P. DA S. PEREIRA. Preparação e caracterização de materiais híbridos celulose/NbOPO4.nH2O a partir de celulose branqueada de bagaço de cana-de-açúcar. POLIMEROS-CIENCIA E TECNOLOGIA, v. 22, n. 1, p. 88-95, 2012-01-27. (06/06740-2)

FERNANDES PEREIRA, PAULO HENRIQUE; CARVALHO BENINI, KELLY CRISTINA C.; WATASHI, CINTIA YUMI; CORNELIS VOORWALD, HERMAN JACOBUS; HILARIO CIOFFI, MARIA ODILA. Characterization of High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) Reinforced with Banana Peel Fibers. BIORESOURCES, v. 8, n. 2, p. 2351-2365, 2013. (06/06740-2)

FERNANDES PEREIRA, PAULO H.; JACOBUS VOORWALD, HERMAN CORNELIS; CIOFFI, MARIA ODILA H.; CAETANO PINTO DA SILVA, MARIA LUCIA. PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF CELLULOSE/HYDROUS NIOBIUM PHOSPHATE HYBRID. BIORESOURCES, v. 5, n. 2, p. 1010-1021, 2010. (06/06740-2)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

PEREIRA, Paulo Henrique Fernandes. Preparação e caracterização de híbridos originados a partir do bagaço de cana-de-açúcar/NbOPO4.nH2O e sua aplicação em membranas como elemento filtrante. 2011. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Faculdade de Engenharia. Guaratinguetá Guaratinguetá.