Teores de corantes artificiais em alimentos determinados por cromatografia líquida de alta eficiência

Synthetic dyes are much used in processed foods. HPLC was applied to different types of snacks, such as colored cereals, chocolate confetti, chewing gums and candies for the determination of those additives. In the case of artificially colored breakfast cereals, 71% of the samples exceeded the allowed limits. Regarding the portions recommended for consumption by the makers of two of the samples, the amounts exceeded those allowed by the Brazilian legislation. In the case of chocolate confetti and candies none of the samples showed higher amounts than those allowed. However 37% of the chewing gum samples presented larger contents than the authorized ones, and one sample contained five times more synthetic dyes than allowed.

Degradação de corantes ácidos por processos oxidativos avançados usando um reator com disco rotatório de baixa velocidade

Three technologies were tested (TiO2/UV, H2O2/UV, and TiO2/H2O2/UV) for the degradation and color removal of a 25 mg L-1 mixture of three acid dyes: Blue 9, Red 18, and Yellow 23. A low speed rotating disc reactor (20 rpm) and a H2O2 concentration of 2.5 mmol L-1 were used. The dyes did not significantly undergo photolysis, although they were all degraded by the studied advanced oxidation processes. With the TiO2/H2O2/UV process, a strong synergism was observed (color removal reached 100%). Pseudo first order kinetic constants were estimated for all processes, as well as the respective apparent photonic efficiencies.

Marcação de ovos de Triatoma infestans, com diversos corantes

Os autores descrevem uma técnica para marcação de ovos de T. infestans, utilizando-se de corantes.

Estudo da solubilidade de diferentes corantes têxteis em dióxido de carbono supercrítico

Utilizando um método de medida dinâmico, determinou-se experimentalmente a solubilidade de corantes têxteis em CO2 supercrítico, para pressões entre 120 bar (12MPa) a 400 bar (40 MPa) e temperaturas de 60°C (333.2K) a 120°C (393.2K). O equipamento utilizado consiste em 3 secções distintas: zona de compressão, zona de equilíbrio e zona de expansão. Dos resultados obtidos para as isotérmicas, verificou-se que a solubilidade aumenta com o incremento da pressão. Em relação à influência da temperatura, constatou-se que as pressões mais baixas os corantes apresentam uma diminuição na solubilidade em CO2 supercrítico com o incremento da temperatura, no entanto, a partir de uma determinada pressão (cerca de 225bar), quanto maior a temperatura de estudo, maior a solubilidade dos compostos. Obtiveram-se valores de solubilidade na ordem dos 2,9x10-6 a 2,9x10-4 para o Quinizarina com uma reprodutibilidade média de ±3,3%, de 1,4x10-6 a 3,2x10-4 para o Red 9 com uma reprodutibilidade média de ±2,5% de 7,8x10-8 a 2,2x10-5 para o Blue 14 com uma reprodutibilidade média de ±3,0% e finalmente de 6,63x10-8 a 4,9x10-7 para o Blue 1, com uma reprodutibilidade média de ±4,5%. A comparação com os resultados experimentais da bibliografia permitiu verificar a actual discrepância de valores existentes para estes corantes e a importância de novos resultados e mais rigorosos, com o objectivo de analisar os métodos de determinação de solubilidade em fluidos supercríticos. Após a análise dos resultados obtidos, foi efectuada a modelação dos mesmos recorrendo a modelos semi-empíricos, verificando-se que o modelo mais adequado ao corante Quinizarina é o modelo de Bartle et al, para o qual se obteve um desvio relativo médio percentual (AARD) de 2,94%. Relativamente ao corante Red 9 e Blue 14, o modelo que melhor define o comportamento de Chrastil, obtendo-se um AARD de 0,870% e o 1,47% respectivamente, enquanto que para o Blue 1 é o modelo de Kummar e Jonhson, com um AARD de 0,218%. Além da modelação efectuada, foram ainda determinados os valores de entalpias de vaporização e solvatação para os diferentes compostos.

Criação de uma base de dados destinada à formulação automática de cores para uma tinta de fachadas, aquosa e de formulação genérica, com uma gama nova de pastas corantes de base aquosa

Dissertação para obtenção do Grau de Mestre em Engenharia de Materiais

Ação inativante de corantes sobre a alexina ou complemento

Os autores estudaram a ação inativante de corantes sôbre a alexina. Para isto, empregaram 50 corantes das diferentes séries químicas, chegando à conclusão que sòmente 11 dêles possuem esta ação: o ponceau, vermelho congo, violeta de metila, auramina, eosina, rosa bengala, verde verdadeiro, violeta paris, azul de metila, pironina amarela e a anilina zul. Verificaram que êles inativam sempre em proporção constante: 0,5 ml- de uma solução a 1% e que esta ação parece ser independente das constantes físicas do corante (carga elétrica, pêso molecular, absorção máxima no espectrômetro) e das peculiaridades intrinsicas de suas constituições químicas. Determinaram também que êstes corantes inativaram em sua maioria o quarto componente termoestável (C4) da alexina, exceção feita do vermelho congo e da violeta de metila que inativavam o terceiro componente termoestável (C3). A pi-ronina amarela revelou atuar sôbre os 3.° e 4.° compenentes (C3 e C4) ou sobre algum elemento indispensável a ação dêles.

Corantes têxteis

A dye is a colored substance used to impart permanent color to other substances. Its most important use is in coloring textile fibers and fabrics. The removal of colour from dyehouse waste waters is currently a major problem in the textile sector. This paper provides an overview of the treatment technologies that can currently be used by the textile processor and the developments over the past decade with respect to the toxicological and ecotoxicological properties of synthetic organic dyes.

Interações entre corantes e argilas em suspensão aquosa

Adsorption of cationic dyes on clays can be used as a model for the interactions between organic compounds and these minerals. Cationic dyes like methylene blue are used to study these interactions because of the spectroscopic changes observed when their molecules are adsorbed on clay surfaces. Depending on the structure and layer charge of the clay particles several processes may occur, like adsorption of dye monomers and aggregates on the external and internal surfaces of the clay tactoids, migration towards internal surfaces, protonation, etc. Under certain conditions the deaggregation-aggregation of the clay particles are accelerated trapping dye species during these processes. A general scheme is proposed for the processes occurring between clays and dyes in aqueous suspensions, which can be used to explain the behaviour of specific systems.

Transferência de energia entre corantes catiônicos em sistemas homogêneos

In this work, the energy transfer by dipole-dipole interaction between cationic dyes in n-alcohols (methanol, ethanol, 1-propanol and 1-butanol) is studied by time resolved and steady state fluorescence measurements. The critical radii of energy transfer were determined by three independent methods; the spectral overlap, fluorescence decay profiles, and relative intensity measurements. In all solvents, R0 values of the dye pairs obtained from spectral overlap were between 40 to 90 Å. Steady state and time resolved fluorescence measurements resulted in values of R0 in the range of 50 - 80 Å, with good correlation of values.

Determinação de corantes artificiais por cromatografia líquida de alta eficiência (CLAE) em pó para gelatina

Synthetic dyes were determined by high performance liquid chromatography in 76 samples of regular jelly and diet jelly powders, of several flavors produced by seven different manufacturers. Three sample of each product, from different batches, were analyzed. The same qualitative composition was observed for products of the same flavor from different manufacturers, but the quantitative composition varied markedly from one manufacturer to the other. There were no or few significant differences between batches from a given manufacturer, demonstrating good quality control in the use of these additives by the food industry. None of the samples exceeded the limit stipulated by Brazilian legislation.

Degradação de corantes reativos pelo sistema ferro metálico/peróxido de hidrogênio

In this work the degradation of aqueous solutions of reactive azo-dyes is reported using a combined reductive/advanced oxidative process based in the H2O2/zero-valent iron system. At optimized experimental conditions (pH 7, H2O2 100 mg L-1, iron 7 g L-1) and using a continuous system containing commercial iron wool, the process afforded almost total discolorization of aqueous solutions of three reactive azo-dyes (reactive orange 16, reactive black 5 and brilliant yellow 3G-P) at a hydraulic retention time of 2.5 min. At these conditions the hydrogen peroxide is almost totally consumed while the released total soluble iron reaches a concentration compatible with the current Brazilian legislation (15 mg L-1).

Resíduos sólidos de curtumes como adsorventes para a remoção de corantes em meio aquoso

The tanning process in the leather industry generates very high quantities of chromium-containing solid waste ("wet blue" leather). Environmental concerns and escalating landfill-costs are becoming increasingly serious problems for the leather industry and an alternative disposal is needed. In this work, we are presenting a novel application for this solid waste, which is the removal of organic contaminants from aqueous-solution. The adsorption isotherm of "wet blue" leather waste from the AUREA tanning company in Erechim-RS (Brazil) showed that this material presents high adsorption capacities of the reactive textile dyes.

Remoção de cor em soluções de corantes reativos por oxidação com H2O2/UV

This paper summarizes the result of a degradation test of two azo-reactive dyes (Reactive Blue 214, Reactive Red 243) under UV irradiation in the presence of H2O2. Five different doses of hydrogen peroxide (0 mM, 5 mM, 10 mM, 20 mM and 30 mM) at constant initial concentration of the substrate (100 mg/L) were used. The radiation source were three 15 W-lamps. Complete destruction of the color of the solutions was attained in 40-50 min of irradiation. UV/H2O2 proved capable of complete discoloration and degradation of the above azo reactive dyes.

Espectrofotometria derivativa: uma estratégia simples para a determinação simultânea de corantes em alimentos

A very simple spectrophotometric method is described for resolving binary mixture of the food colorants Sunset Yellow (INS 110) and Tartrazine Yellow (INS 102) by using the first derivative spectra with measurements at zero-crossing wavelengths. Before the spectrophotometric measurements, the dyes were sorbed onto polyurethane foam and recovered in N,N-dimethilformamide. Commercial food products (gelatine and juice powder) were analysed by using the proposed method and the HPLC technique. The results are in very good agreement and the differences between the methods is not statistically important. Therefore, the first-order derivative spectrophotometric method is accurate, precise, reliable and could be applied to the routine analysis of food samples.

Avaliação dos tratamentos eletroquímico e fotoeletroquímico na degradação de corantes têxteis

This paper presents the study of the oxidation of three textile dyes (Remazol black B, Remazol Brilliant Orange 3R and Remazol Golden Yellow RNL) using electrochemical and photoelectrochemical methods. In both methods, electrolysis experiments were performed at a current density of 50 mA cm-2 in an aqueous solution of each dye (30 mg L-1), using a photoelectrochemical flow-cell. For all the dyes studied, the photoelectrochemical method was demonstrated to be more efficient than the electrochemical one. Photoelectrochemical oxidation resulted in complete decoloration after 90 min of electrolysis and total organic carbon (TOC) removal reached up to 36%. It was observed that the dyes presenting chromophores at higher wavelengths are removed the quickest, which indicates that photosensitised (photoassisted) oxidation occurs. The level of color was reduced to levels below the standards presented in the literature, which indicates the viability of the photoelectrochemical process as part of the treatment of textile effluents.