Proposal of a test method for determination of the volume of methylene blue adsorbed by the fine fraction of tropical soils / Proposta de um método de ensaio para determinação do volume de azul de metileno adsorvido pela fração fina de solos tropicais
AUTOR(ES)
Andréa de Oliveira Bonini
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2005
RESUMO
The methylene blue dye adsorption test (spot test) has been used in Brazil to characterize tropical soil fine fractions. Some soils, however, show difficulties in identifying the test end point, where there is excess of methylene blue in the suspension, not adsorbed by the soil. This work presents an alternative technique to determine the volume of methylene blue adsorbed by a soil, based on the addition of methylene blue in excess to the soil sample and in the determination of the amount of methylene blue that was not adsorbed by the soil through the oxide-reduction (redox) process. For the evaluation of the methylene blue adsorption test (using the redox test), 85 soil samples were tested; their activity levels were established and then correlated with the expected behavior defined by the MCT classification system. The main conclusion of the work is that the proposed method is simple and the identification of the reverse point in the oxide-reduction (redox) process is easy for a majority of soils. The process uses potassium permanganate as the oxidizing agent. It determines, with a great degree of accuracy, the activity levels of the mineral clay portions, showing a significant concordance with the results of the MCT classification system
ASSUNTO(S)
adsorção de azul de metileno caracterização de solos tropical soils methylene blue adsorption mct classification system solos tropicais soil characterization classificação mct
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