Textos e gêneros no currículo de português da Escola Estadual Paulista

O artigo aborda os textos de trabalho incluídos nos cadernos didáticos para a disciplina de Língua Portuguesa, no projeto São Paulo Faz Escola - SPFE -, iniciado em 2008 e transformado em proposta curricular da Secretaria de Estado da Educação de São Paulo - SEE-SP. Comparam-se os usos de textos verbais e não verbais na proposta paulista e na série Português: linguagens, de William Roberto Cereja e Thereza Cochar Magalhães (Editora Saraiva), coleção didática ajustada ao Programa Nacional do Livro Didático - PNLD. O principal instrumento para análise é o conceito de gênero textual, de acordo com definição amparada pelos Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais e pela própria SEE-SP. Entre as constatações gerais, destaca-se a secundarização da noção de gênero por parte do SPFE, em razão do uso recorrente de textos desprovidos de história social consolidada e da pasteurização dos conteúdos presentes nessa obra.

Extraction and spectrophotometric determination of Hg2+ as complex anion HgI3-

A method has been developed for the extraction and spectrophotometric determination of Hg2+ in a concentration range of 0.2-1.0 mg L-1; following the Lambert-Beer's law using high molecular weight quaternary ammonium salts dissolved in chloroform. The metal complex anion was determined in the extract in the region UV (260 nm).

Uses of natural zeolite in the removal of Pb2+ from contaminated water

In this paper, we carry out a study on the process of sorption of lead in polluted waters usingnatural zeolites, with the objective of analyzing their behavior in the purification of water.Experiments are carried out under static and dynamic conditions to determine the influence of other metal ions, such as: Ca (II), Mg (II), K (I) and Na (I), on this process. We demonstrate that the affinity of Pb (II) with regard to zeolite is higher than that of the ions mentioned above. It allows us to use this material in the capture of lead in residual waters. A lineal model of regression was obtained using a computer program called Eureka which relates the capacity of interchange of zeolite with respect to the concentration of the metal ions present in waters. We also studied the selectivity of zeolite in the process of sorption of Pb (II) compared with other heavy metals like Zn (II) and Cd (II).The results achieved in both cases increase the expectancy about the usage of zeolite as a low cost material for purifing waters.

Influence of the medium (strongly acid or basic) over the electrochemical properties of the nitrate selective electrode

A nitrate selective electrode was prepared for use in an aggresive medium (high acidic or basic concentration). It is demonstrated that the depending E graph with respect to pNO3- has not a Nernstian response in concentration acidic range upper 0.1 mol/L H2SO4. The observed behaviour is supposed to be due to the formation of a dimeric anion HN2O6-.