Características sensoriais, físicas e químicas e aceitação de arroz irrigado ou de terras altas

Resumo:O objetivo deste trabalho foi caracterizar química, física e sensorialmente três genótipos de arroz polido de cultivo irrigado e cinco de terras altas. Determinaram-se: a composição centesimal, o amido, a amilose, a temperatura de gelatinização (Tg), a absorção de água ao cozimento, a cor, a textura instrumental, o perfil sensorial e a aceitação de atributos. A composição centesimal e o teor de amido variaram entre os genótipos. O 'Moti' e a linhagem N2583 foram classificados como cerosos, 'Douradão' apresentou amilose muito baixa, e os demais genótipos, amilose baixa. 'Irga 417', 'Moti' e AB101002 apresentaram Tg baixa; 'Douradão', alta; e os demais, intermediária. O 'Moti' e a linhagem N2583 crus apresentaram os maiores valores de L*; no entanto, após o cozimento, esses valores diminuíram e foram idênticos em todos os genótipos. 'Arroz-da-terra' apresentou maior a*, 'BRS Primavera' e N2583 apresentaram maior b*; e após o cozimento, houve redução desses valores. Na análise sensorial, destacaram-se 'AN Cambará', por pontos escuros e formato alongado; AB101002, 'Irga 417' e 'BRS Primavera', pela firmeza, cor branca e grãos soltos, que foram bem aceitos; e o 'Moti', por ser pegajoso, macio e com brilho, foi o menos aceito. Os atributos sensoriais do arroz são mais associados a características químicas, intrínsecas ao genótipo, do que à atribuição de plantio a terras altas ou irrigadas.

Comportamento térmico e caracterização morfológica das fibras de mesocarpo e caroço do açaí (Euterpe oleracea Mart.)

A agroindústria do açaí gera uma grande quantidade de resíduos, constituída de caroços e fibras, o que é um grave problema ambiental e de saúde pública. O objetivo deste estudo foi estudar as fibras do mesocarpo e o caroço do fruto do açaí para sua utilização em materiais compósitos. As amostras foram caracterizadas usando análise por termogravimetria (TG/DTG) em atmosferas inerte e oxidativa, microscopia eletrônica de varredura e microscopia óptica. As fibras apresentaram boa estabilidade térmica até 230 ºC e um processo de degradação em atmosfera inerte em três etapas. Em atmosfera oxidativa, as fibras apresentaram menor estabilidade térmica e uma mudança no processo de degradação de três para quatro etapas. os resultados da análise térmica do caroço mostraram um comportamento térmico similar ao da fibra. A microscopia mostrou que as fibras presentes no fruto do açaí recobrem o caroço e possuem morfologia irregular com a presença de células do parênquima na sua superfície. O comportamento térmico das fibras do açaí é semelhante ao de outras fibras vegetais já utilizadas industrialmente na área de compósitos poliméricos, o que abre novas e promissoras áreas para sua utilização.

Verificação do fator de calibração e indicador da qualidade do feixe de aceleradores lineares

Um programa de garantia da qualidade é um pré-requisito obrigatório para a exatidão necessária em radioterapia. Este trabalho relata parte dos testes de rotina mensal do controle da qualidade dos aceleradores lineares do Instituto Nacional do Câncer, relativos à calibração dos feixes de fótons e elétrons, no período de dois anos. Os resultados foram comparados com as recomendações do protocolo AAPM TG-40. Na análise do fator de calibração para o feixe de fótons foi encontrado um desvio máximo de 12%; para o feixe de elétrons o maior desvio encontrado foi 10%. A flutuação observada no indicador da qualidade do feixe para os feixes de elétrons foi maior que para os feixes de fótons. Os resultados confirmam a importância de um programa de garantia da qualidade em um serviço de radioterapia, permitindo correções rápidas da dose administrada ao paciente.

Valor da varredura com iodo antes da terapia ablativa em pacientes com carcinoma de tireóide

OBJETIVO: Avaliar a relevância clínica da varredura pré-dose ablativa em pacientes com carcinoma diferenciado de tireóide. MATERIAIS E MÉTODOS: Analisamos a varredura com 131I e a tireoglobulina (Tg) sérica em hipotireoidismo antes da primeira terapia ablativa em 100 pacientes submetidos a tireoidectomia total, considerando a varredura clinicamente importante quando revelou metástases ressecáveis ou que foram tratadas com doses maiores que a inicialmente proposta (100 mCi de 131I), além dos casos sem captação e com Tg < 5 ng/ml, que não receberam radioiodoterapia. RESULTADOS: A varredura revelou captação correspondente a metástases linfonodais em dez pacientes (10%), metástases distantes em cinco (5%), apenas em leito tireoidiano em 76 (76%) e foi negativa em nove (9%), sendo clinicamente relevante (indicando cirurgia, aumento da dose ou dispensando a radioiodoterapia) em 18% dos pacientes. Nos pacientes com Tg > 10 ng/ml a varredura influenciou a conduta em 41% dos casos pela presença de metástases, e naqueles com Tg < 10 ng/ml em apenas 10%, na maioria por não receberem radioiodo. CONCLUSÃO: A varredura pré-dose ablativa fornece informacões clinicamente importantes (presença de metástases) em muitos pacientes com Tg > 10 ng/ml, sendo indicada nesta condição.

Ação promotora do berílio em catalisadores da síntese do estireno

The catalytic dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene in presence of steam is the main commercial route to produce styrene. The industrial catalysts are potassium- and chromia-doped hematite which show low surface areas leading to bad performance and short life. In order to develop catalysts with high areas, the effect of beryllium on the textural properties and on the catalytic performance of this iron oxide was studied. The influence of the amount of the dopant, the starting material and the calcination temperature were also studied. In sample preparations, iron and beryllium salts (nitrate or sulfate) were hydrolyzed with ammonia and then calcinated. The experiments followed a factorial design with two variables in two levels (Fe/Be= 3 and 7; calcination temperature= 500 and 700ºC). Solids without any dopant were also prepared. Samples were characterized by elemental analysis, infrared spectroscopy, surface area and porosity measurements, X-ray diffraction, DSC and TG. The catalysts were tested in a microreactor at 524ºC and 1 atm, by using a mole ratio of steam/ ethylbenzene=10. The selectivity was measured by monitoring styrene, benzene and toluene formation. It was found that the effect of beryllium on the characteristics of hematite and on its catalytic performance depends on the starting material and on the amount of dopant. Surface areas increased due to the dopant as well as the nature of the precursor; samples produced by beryllium sulfate showed higher areas. Beryllium-doped solids showed a higher catalytic activity when compared to pure hematite, but no significant influence of the anion of starting material was noted. It can be concluded that beryllium acts as both textural and structural promoter. Samples with Fe/Be= 3, heated at 500ºC, lead to the highest conversion and were the most selective. However, catalysts prepared from beryllium sulfate are the most promising to ethylbenzene dehydrogenation due to their high surface area which could lead to a longer life.

Preparation and thermal decomposition of copper(II), zinc(II) and cadmium(II) chelates with 8-hydroxyquinoline

When the compounds are heated in an inert atmosphere it can be verified the consecutive partial sublimation, fusion, partial volatilization and partial thermal decomposition of the anhydrous complexes. When in an oxidating atmosphere the above process is only verified to Cu(II) chelates. Anhydrous copper(II) complexes present a monoclinic structure in the b form and the volatilized compound in a a form. Zinc(II) and cadmium(II) hydrated complexes are isomorphous and they present different cell dimensions from those reported previously.

Ilustração da influência da razão de aquecimento nos resultados de termogravimetria

The effects of the heating rate on a TG curve of a sample have been widely discussed in the literature. This paper shows the influence of heating rate (beta) in thermogravimetry results when stoichiometry determinations are studied. For this purpose the compound Sm(CH3SO3)3.2(3-picNO) was considered beta of 2,5; 5; 10; 20 and 40°C min-1 in dynamic air atmosphere were obtained. The results are in agreement with proposed stoichiometry for beta equal to 2,5 and 5°C min-1. However, using a higher beta the same results were not obtained resulting in false stoichiometry determinations.

Calcium phosphate biomaterials from marine algae. Hydrothermal synthesis and characterisation

Calcium phosphate compounds such as Hydroxyapatite (HAp) were prepared by hydrothermal synthesis with phycogenic CaCO3 as starting material. Material obtained was characterised by usual methods (XRD, FTIR, TG, N2-adsorption, SEM and EDX) in order to study its physical-chemical characteristics. The prepared HAp showed that it may be suitable for use as a biomaterial.

Comportamento térmico do 8-quinolinol e seus nitro-derivados

The compounds 5-nitro-8-quinolinol and 5,7-dinitro-8-quinolinol were obtained by nitration of the chelant 8-quinolinol. The compounds were characterized through EA, MNR, XRD, IR, TG, DTA and DSC. It was verified through thermal analysis that the compounds show consecutive processes of sublimation, fusion and vaporization. During the vaporization process, partial thermal decomposition was observed, with formation of carbonaceous residues. Considering a slower heating rate, the sublimation is the prevalent process to the nitro-derivatives while the vaporization is the main process to 8-quinolinol. The thermal stability follows the decreasing order from 5,7-dinitro-8-quinolinol to 5-nitro-8-quinolinol to 8-quinolinol.

Synthesis and characterization of manganese-glycine and copper-glycine adducts

This work reports the synthesis and characterization of adducts of general formula MCl2.ngly, where M= Mn and Cu; n= 2 and 4, and gly= glycine. The manganese adducts were synthesized by dissolution of both, manganese chloride and glycine in water, whereas the copper adducts were obtained by using an alternative solid state synthesis approach. For all adducts, the obtained infrared data shows that the coordination involves the amine nitrogen atom, as well as an oxygen atom of the COO- group. The TG curves for the synthesized adducts exhibit only one mass loss step associated with the release of glycine molecules.

Influência de alguns parâmetros experimentais nos resultados de análises calorimétricas diferenciais - DSC

A series of experiments were performed in order to demonstrate to undergraduate students or users of the differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), that several factors can influence the qualitative and quantitative aspects of DSC results. Saccharin, an artificial sweetner, was used as a probe and its thermal behavior is also discussed on the basis of thermogravimetric (TG) and DSC curves.

Oxochloroalkoxide of the Cerium (IV) and Titanium (IV) as oxides precursor

The Cerium (IV) and Titanium (IV) oxides mixture (CeO2-3TiO2) was prepared by thermal treatment of the oxochloroisopropoxide of Cerium (IV) and Titanium (IV). The chemical route utilizing the Cerium (III) chloride alcoholic complex and Titanium (IV) isopropoxide is presented. The compound Ce5Ti15Cl16O30 (iOPr)4(OH-Et)15 was characterized by elemental analysis, FTIR and TG/DTG. The X-ray diffraction patterns of the oxides resulting from the thermal decomposition of the precursor at 1000 °C for 36 h indicated the formation of cubic cerianite (a = 5.417Å) and tetragonal rutile (a = 4.592Å) and (c = 2.962 Å), with apparent crystallite sizes around 38 and 55nm, respectively.

Comportamento térmico da caulinita hidratada

Well-ordered kaolinite from the Brazilian Amazon Region (State of Pará) was initially reacted at 60 °C with a water dimethylsulfoxide mixture. After washing and characterisation, the resulting material was washed several times with methanol and in the final step with water. The water molecules displace the previously dimethylsulfoxide intercalated molecules and two different hydrated kaolinites were obtained. An unstable phase characterized by an interplanar basal distance of 0,996 nm that after drying collapse to the stable 0,844 nm hydrated kaolinite. The dehydration of the sample to disordered kaolinite was accompanied by Powder X-ray Diffractometry, thermal analysis (simultaneous TG and DSC) and FTIR spectroscopy.

O efeito da granulometria na decrepitação durante a decomposição térmica de calcários e carvão

The use of fluidized bed combustors to burn coal is largely studied to permit the addition of limestone to capture SO2. The particle size for coal and limestone is an important parameter in this process. Thermogravimetry (TG) is used to elucidate the combustion and sulfation processes, but the experimental parameters must be evaluated to be representative in fluidized bed combustors. In the present study the effect of particle size is analyzed in the calcination of limestones and the combustion of coal through the thermogravimetric curve for limestone and derivative thermogravimetric curve for coal. Small peaks representing mass losses between 400 and 500 ºC are observed due to the jumping of particles out of the crucible. This effect, recognized as decrepitation is observed for mid-sized particles provoked by the release of water vapor trapped within their lattice.

Resina de Protium heptaphyllum: isolamento, caracterização estrutural e avaliação das propriedades térmicas

Three mixtures of triterpenes (maniladiol and breine; alpha and beta-amyrin; lupenone, alpha and beta-amyrinone) were isolated from Protium heptaphyllum March resin. The structural identification was based on NMR and mass spectrometry data. Lupenone, and alpha and beta-amyrinone were not reported before as constituents of this resin. The resin was submitted to methylation and acetylation reactions. The pure and derivatized resins and the mixtures (maniladiol and breine; alpha and beta-amyrin) were analyzed by TG and DSC. The TG curves revealed that the derivatization decreases the thermal stability of the resin. The DSC curves showed peaks that can be assigned to evaporation and phase transitions processes.