Classificação de água de coco processada e natural por meio de HCA, PCA e teores de íons metálicos determinados por ICP OES

Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry was used to determine Ca, Mg, Mn, Fe, Zn and Cu in samples of processed and natural coconut water. The sample preparation consisted in a filtration step followed by a dilution. The analysis was made employing optimized instrumental parameters and the results were evaluated using methods of Pattern Recognition. The data showed common concentration values for the analytes present in processed and natural samples. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Hierarchical Cluster Analysis (HCA) indicated that the samples of different kinds were statistically different when the concentrations of all the analytes were considered simultaneously.

Caracterização e classificação de resíduo sólido "pó de rocha granítica" gerado na indústria de rochas ornamentais

The ornamental rock industry generates huge amounts of wastes during the process of extraction and sawing of rock blocks. The ornamental rock powder waste is a non-biodegradable material, which represents the increase in environmental problem. The waste was collected from a granitic rock sawing plant located in Santo Antônio de Pádua, Rio de Janeiro. The chemical-environmental characterization and classification of the waste were done according to ABNT standards. The results showed that the granitic rock powder waste should be classified as Class II A - "No Inert", because of its high concentrations of lead, chrome, iron and manganese.

Classificação periódica: um exemplo didático para ensinar análise de componentes principais

A dataset of chemical properties of the elements is used herein to introduce principal components analysis (PCA). The focus in this article is to verify the classification of the elements within the periodic table. The reclassification of the semimetals as metals or nonmetals emerges naturally from PCA and agrees with the current SBQ/IUPAC periodic table. Dataset construction, basic preprocessing, loading and score plots, and interpretation have been emphasized. This activity can be carried out even when students with distinct levels of formation are together in the same learning environment.

Classificação de biodiesel na região do visível

Classification of biodiesel by oilseed type using pattern recognition techniques is described. The spectra of the samples were performed in the Visible region, requiring noise removal by use of a first derivative by the Savitzky-Golay method, employing a second-order polynomial and a window of 21 points. The characterization of biodiesel was performed using HCA, PCA and SIMCA. For HCA and PCA methods, one can observe the separation of each group of biodiesel in a spectral region of 405-500 nm. SIMCA model was used in a test group composed of 28 spectral measurements and no errors are obtained.

Classificação de resíduos de madeira tratada com preservativos à base de arseniato de cobre cromatado e de boro/flúor

Classification of waste wood treated with chromated copper arsenate (CCA) and boron/fluorine preservatives, according to NBR 10004, was investigated. The leaching test (ABNT NBR 10005) for As and Cr, and solubilization test (ABNT NBR 10006) for F, were applied to out-of-service wooden poles. Concentrations of As and Cr in leachates were determined by ICP-MS and of F by ESI. Values for As were higher than 1 mg L-1 classifying the waste as hazardous material (Class I) whereas values for F (> 1.5 mg L-1) were non-hazardous but indicated non-inert material (Class IIA).

Caracterização e classificação quanto ao risco ambiental do estéril da mina de cromita do município de Andorinha, Bahia

The mineral waste studied was host rock from a chromite mine located in Andorinha/Bahia, extracted and stockpiled in yards without specific application. Host rock was submitted to chemical analysis, XRD, SEM-EDS, IR and TGA and classified according to ABNT standards for solid waste classification. Analyses confirmed that this host rock, classified as ultrabasic, consists mainly of dolomite, calcite and diopside. Hazard assessment results showed this host rock should be classified as class II B - inert waste, important for its potential application in agriculture as a soil acidity correction agent.

Defesa química: histórico, classificação dos agentes de guerra e ação dos neurotóxicos

Chemical agents are substances used for their toxic effects on humans, animals and plants. The main objective of chemical defense is to develop systems that reduce these effects while minimizing impact on the operational capacity of military troops. In this work, a report on the development of chemical warfare agents since the First World War and their classification is presented. Special attention is given to neurotoxic agents, the most lethal group of chemical agents known to date.

Classificação multivariada de ervas medicinais da Região Amazônica e suas infusões de acordo com sua composição mineral

In this study, the mineral composition of leaves and teas of medicinal plants was evaluated. Ca, Cu, Fe, Mg, Mn e Zn were determined in the samples using flame atomic absorption spectrometry. Principal component analysis was applied to discriminate the samples studied. The samples were divided within the 2 groups according to their mineral composition. Copper and iron were the variables that contributed most to the separation of the samples followed by Ca, Mg, Mn and Zn. The information in the principal component analysis was confirmed by the dendrogram obtained by hierarchical cluster analysis.

O sistema globalmente harmonizado de classificação e rotulagem de produtos químicos (GHS): uma introdução para sua aplicação em laboratórios de ensino e pesquisa acadêmica

The present article provides an overview of the Globally Harmonised System of Classification, Labelling and Packaging of Chemicals (GHS) and its implementation in Brazil. Although Classification and Packaging is beyond the scope of the responsibility of academic chemists, labelling of chemicals used in academic laboratories will be required by the competent authorities to ensure the safety of students and staff. Therefore, academic teachers and researchers responsible should be familiarised with the GHS principles outlined here and at least be able to label, by applying these principles, mixtures of substances previously classified by the competent authorities.

A importância da lei de Gay-Lussac para a classificação dos compostos orgânicos

This article shows the genesis of the law of volumes of combining gases, formulated by Gay-Lussac in 1808, and how it allowed the expression of the composition of organic compounds in terms of whole numbers of volumes, thus leading to the first classification of organic compounds, formulated by Dumas and Boullay in 1828. It was from this work that Organic Chemistry began to shed its purely taxonomic nature, analogous to what prevailed in Natural History, and to then develop in a vigorous and continuous process, initiating what may be the most significant historical phenomenon in the History of Chemistry of the nineteenth century.

Avaliação de dispositivos de captura de imagens digitais para detecção colorimétrica em microzonas impressas

This report describes a study about the feasibility of using a conventional digital camera, a cell-phone camera, an optical microscope, and a scanner as digital image capture devices on printed microzones. An array containing nine circular zones was drawn using graphics software and printed onto transparency film by a laser printer. Due to its superior analytical performance, the scanner was chosen for the quantitative determination of Fe2+ in pharmaceutical samples. The data achieved using scanned images did not differ statistically from those attained by the reference spectrophotometric method at the confidence level of 0.05.

Uso de marcadores RAPD na classificação de isolados de Phytophthora spp. causadores da podridão parda do cacaueiro no Brasil

Objetivou-se neste trabalho propor uma metodologia para a utilização de marcadores RAPD como uma ferramenta auxiliar na classificação de isolados de Phytophthora spp. causadores da podridão-parda do cacaueiro (Theobroma cacao) no Brasil. Existe uma necessidade constante de monitorar populações de Phytophthora spp. nas regiões cacaueiras do Brasil e a tarefa de classificação dos isolados é difícil e demorada. Com base em estudos de diversidade genética de isolados de Phytophthora capsici, P. palmivora e P. citrophthora por meio de marcadores RAPD, foram escolhidos três isolados de cada espécie como padrões e dois "primers" decâmeros mais informativos na diferenciação das espécies (OPA 13 e OPH 18). O DNA genômico dos isolados padrões e de três isolados não classificados foi extraído e amplificado, utilizando-se os dois "primers" decâmeros mais informativos. Os padrões de marcadores RAPD obtidos permitiram uma diferenciação visual clara dos isolados de cada espécie e mostraram-se úteis na classificação de isolados de Phytophthora spp. A metodologia proposta já está sendo utilizada no Centro de Pesquisas do Cacau, solucionando eventuais dúvidas resultantes da caracterização morfológica dos isolados.

Estabilidade fenotípica, um complemento relevante na avaliação e classificação de genótipos de algodoeiro para resistência a doenças

Neste trabalho é formulado um conceito mais abrangente da resistência a patógenos em genótipos de algodoeiro, mediante inclusão, nos critérios de avaliação, da estabilidade fenotípica desse atributo, quando se consideram ambientes com intensidades diversas de ocorrência das doenças. Para fundamentar o método, um estudo foi realizado com base em dados obtidos em experimentos efetuados, para avaliação de genótipos com respeito à murcha de Fusarium (Fusarium oxysporum f. vasinfectum), mancha-angular (Xanthomonas citri subsp. malvacearum), ramulose (Colletotrichum gossypii var. cephalosporioides), mancha de Ramularia (Ramularia areola) e aos nematoides Meloidogyne incognita e Rotylenchulus reniformis. Interações genótipos X: ambientes significativas ocorreram em todos esses casos, dando margem a análises subsequentes de estabilidade fenotípica da resistência ou tolerância a esses patógenos. Diferenças notáveis foram observadas quanto a essa característica, e mediante associação dela com um parâmetro expressivo do pior desempenho nas avaliações realizadas, foi possível conferir previsibilidade e classificações mais seguras da reação dos genótipos à incidência das doenças consideradas.