{"title":"Effects of garnet particles and chill casting conditions on properties of aluminum matrix hybrid composites","authors":"H. Naeem, F. Abdullah","doi":"10.26850/1678-4618EQJ.V44.2.2019.P45-52","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26850/1678-4618EQJ.V44.2.2019.P45-52","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years, the demand of high-performance and light-weight materials was increasing for industrial applications. The present research aims to study microstructural and mechanical properties of aluminum matrix hybrid reinforced 6-12 wt.% of garnet under the effects of materials chill casting during the manufacturing aluminum matrix composite. In this research work, metallic mold and no chills were used. In order to evaluate the quality of the chill end casting microstructure, hardness, and tensile tests were conducted on the prepared composite specimens. Aluminum matrix composites underwent the chill casting process have been examined using the optical microscope, scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction. Microstructure outcomes of the casted Al-composites alloy indicated that having precipitations (Al2Si, AlCuMg2Si) and Garnet particulates hard within the Al-matrix. The results showed that the copper chill casting is the better one in terms of improving the mechanical properties because of its high volumetric heat capacity. Aluminum composite with addition of 9% Garnet composite produced via copper chill casting exhibits better mechanical properties.","PeriodicalId":11506,"journal":{"name":"Eclética Química Journal","volume":"84 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90659549","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Santos, P. A. M. Nascimento, W. N. Guedes, E. Pereira-Filho, É. R. Filletti, F. Pereira
{"title":"Chemometrics in analytical chemistry – an overview of applications from 2014 to 2018","authors":"M. Santos, P. A. M. Nascimento, W. N. Guedes, E. Pereira-Filho, É. R. Filletti, F. Pereira","doi":"10.26850/1678-4618EQJ.V44.2.2019.P11-25","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26850/1678-4618EQJ.V44.2.2019.P11-25","url":null,"abstract":"A compilation of papers published between 2014 and 2018 was evaluated. Many papers related to multivariate calibration and classification have been reported, as well as, design of experiments applications and artificial intelligence methods. Some applications were highlighted, as medical and pharmaceutical, food analysis, fuels, biological and forensic for the chemometric techniques on this review. Most studies are related to developing methods for practical solutions in industry or routine analysis. A promising scenario is shown considering the number of published papers: a total of 832 for this period using the keywords, multivariate classification, multivariate calibration, analysis, chemometrics, prediction, analytical chemistry, artificial neural networks (ANN), design of experiments (DoE) and factorial design. An useful overview for Analytical Chemistry researchers´ combined with Chemometrics is presented in this review.","PeriodicalId":11506,"journal":{"name":"Eclética Química Journal","volume":"167 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86634517","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cobalt(II) chloride complexes with some phosphine oxides: compatibility between structural data for the solid complexes and their stability constants in acetone medium","authors":"A. Massabni, Cristo Bladimiros Melios","doi":"10.26850/1678-4618EQJ.V44.2.2019.P53-55","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26850/1678-4618EQJ.V44.2.2019.P53-55","url":null,"abstract":"Binary complexes of general formula CoCl2L2, where L = triphenylphosphine oxide (TPPO), benzyldiphenylphosphine oxide (BDPPO), dibenzylphenylphosphine oxide (DBPPO) and tribenzylphosphine oxide (TBPO) were considered concerning X-ray structural data for the complexes in the solid state and their stability constants in acetone solution. Compatibility between structural data and stability constants are pointed out. Previous investigations showed that in acetone medium, with CoCl2 as reference acceptor, the following basicity order is obeyed: TBPO > DBPPO > BDPPO > TPPO. This sequence is supported by X-ray diffraction data of the solid complexes and by electrolytic conductance values for these complexes both in acetone and in nitromethane media.","PeriodicalId":11506,"journal":{"name":"Eclética Química Journal","volume":"72 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75242987","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gustavo Pereira Saito, Mariana Bizari, M. Cebim, M. Correa, M. Jafelicci Junior, M. Davolos
{"title":"Study of the colloidal stability and optical properties of sunscreen creams","authors":"Gustavo Pereira Saito, Mariana Bizari, M. Cebim, M. Correa, M. Jafelicci Junior, M. Davolos","doi":"10.26850/1678-4618EQJ.V44.2.2019.P26-36","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26850/1678-4618EQJ.V44.2.2019.P26-36","url":null,"abstract":"Sunscreen formulations containing inorganic/organic filters or mixture of them were synthesized by oil/water dispersion. The viscosity measurements show that sunscreen formulations are time-dependent non-newtonian fluids. In the CIELab color diagram, the white and/or beige colors presented by formulations do not compromise the aesthetics of the cosmetic product. UV-VIS absorption spectra show that sunscreen creams have high UV shielding ability, mainly the formulations containing inorganic and organic filters mixtures, which provide in vitro SPF and critical wavelength values recommended for UV protection.","PeriodicalId":11506,"journal":{"name":"Eclética Química Journal","volume":"60 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84677763","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Chromium speciation in leather samples: an experiment using digital images, mobile phone and environmental concepts","authors":"V. Costa, Ariane Maciel Neiva, E. Pereira-Filho","doi":"10.26850/1678-4618EQJ.V44.1.2019.P62-74","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26850/1678-4618EQJ.V44.1.2019.P62-74","url":null,"abstract":"This study proposes a new and simple method for Cr speciation and Cr(VI) determination in leather samples using digital images. The experiments were performed using a mobile phone and a free app called PhotoMetrix that was used to obtain and process data. The results obtained from PhotoMetrix were compared to reference methods using UV−Vis spectroscopy. A statistical evaluation between both proposed and the reference methods using two-sample t-test did not show a significant difference at a 95% confidence level. Bovine leather samples (4 samples) tanned with Cr salts and ovine leather samples (3 samples) tanned with vegetable tannin were analyzed. The proposed method presented limits of detection (LOD) and quantification (LOQ) of 0.6 and 2 mg/kg, respectively. In addition, the proposed method using PhotoMetrix and digital images can provide undergraduate students an opportunity to learn topics such as quantitative analyses, environmental chemistry, speciation chemistry, image processing and treatment of statistical data. The results demonstrated that the proposed method can be applied to routine analyses and in experimental analytical chemistry courses.","PeriodicalId":11506,"journal":{"name":"Eclética Química Journal","volume":"37 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81193475","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Javier Ernesto Vilasó Cadre, Alejandro Céspedes Martínez, M. A. A. Pérez, José Alejandro Baeza Reyes
{"title":"Voltammetric method for the quantification of cadmium using non-commercial electrodes and minimal instrumentation","authors":"Javier Ernesto Vilasó Cadre, Alejandro Céspedes Martínez, M. A. A. Pérez, José Alejandro Baeza Reyes","doi":"10.26850/1678-4618EQJ.V44.1.2019.P53-61","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26850/1678-4618EQJ.V44.1.2019.P53-61","url":null,"abstract":"A voltammetric method for the cadmium quantification was developed using minimal instrumentation. A manual homemade potentiostat for linear voltammetry was used. An Ag reference electrode and auxiliary and working electrodes of writing graphite were employed for the electroanalysis. The electrolytic conditions for the quantification were stablished. Linearity, detection and quantification limits, precision and accuracy were evaluated. The conditions for the quantification were 1 mol/L of KCl as supporting electrolyte, pH 5 and 10 s for the current sampling. The range of quantification was from 10-3 to 1.5∙10-2 mol/L. The linear correlation (r), determination (R2) and adjusted (R2adj.) coefficients were 0.9986, 0.9972 and 0.9970. The detection and quantification limits were 3∙10-4 mol/L and 10-3 mol/L. Results showed an acceptable repeatability, with coefficients of variation from 1.5 to 5.8 % depending of the concentration. Uncertainty associated with the cadmium concentration was in the range of 1.2∙10-4 to 7∙10-5 mol/L, diminishing with the increasing of the concentration. A good accuracy was observed, with recoveries between 86.84 and 109.64 %.","PeriodicalId":11506,"journal":{"name":"Eclética Química Journal","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86089073","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Louis, O. Akakuru, Philip Monday, O. O. Funmilayo
{"title":"A review on the state-of-the-art advances for CO2 electro-chemical reduction using metal complex molecular catalysts","authors":"H. Louis, O. Akakuru, Philip Monday, O. O. Funmilayo","doi":"10.26850/1678-4618EQJ.V44.1.2019.P11-39","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26850/1678-4618EQJ.V44.1.2019.P11-39","url":null,"abstract":"Significantly, global warming which is caused by CO2 emission and energy shortage are global problems resulting from artificial photosynthesis because it required many functions (light harvesting, Z water, and oxidation scheme). Therefore, photocatalytic systems development for CO2 reduction is germane in this field. Metal complexes molecular catalyst have become prevalent homogeneous catalysts for carbon dioxide (CO2) photocatalytic reduction since it was initially known as CO2 reduction catalysts in the 70s and the 80s, while utmost part involved macrocyclic cobalt(II) and nickel(II) complexes. This review article presents a broad understanding on some active catalysts recently reported as a metal complex molecular catalytic schemes for CO2 reduction, alongside catalytic activity, stability, selectivity under electro-reduction, and photoreduction circumstances. The progress of in situ spectroelectrochemical methods, typically supported via theoretical calculations, helped to access this know-how by providing information which enabled researchers to acquire more in-depth perception into unveiling the catalytic reaction and mechanisms intermediates.","PeriodicalId":11506,"journal":{"name":"Eclética Química Journal","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86794852","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. L. Morais, L. F. Garcia, E. K. Moreno, Douglas Vieira Thomaz, L. Rodrigues, L. Brito, G. S. Lobón, G. Oliveira, M. F. Rodrigues, B. Vaz, E. Gil
{"title":"Electrochemical remediation of industrial pharmaceutical wastewater containing hormones in a pilot scale treatment system","authors":"R. L. Morais, L. F. Garcia, E. K. Moreno, Douglas Vieira Thomaz, L. Rodrigues, L. Brito, G. S. Lobón, G. Oliveira, M. F. Rodrigues, B. Vaz, E. Gil","doi":"10.26850/1678-4618EQJ.V44.1.2019.P40-52","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26850/1678-4618EQJ.V44.1.2019.P40-52","url":null,"abstract":"The elimination of residual drugs from pharmaceutical and domestic sources is a growing concern, as they are able to reach water and soil resources and can present environmental and health risks even in very low concentrations. Traditional water and wastewater treatment systems have not been efficient in the removal of these compounds, evidencing the importance of the development of new remediation methods. In view of the applicability and versatility of electrocoagulation techniques in the removal of pollutants, the aim of this work is to evaluate the parameters: biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), color, turbidity, algestone acetophenide (AAc) and estradiol enanthate (EEn) using a pilot treatment system, as well as phytotoxicity and Brine shrimp toxicity. The study showed good removal efficiency, comprising remarkable remediation performance assayed through BOD (61.5%), COD (58.6%), color (83.1%), turbidity (96.7%), AAc (77.0%) and EEn (56.7%) after 30 minutes. For toxicity, raw effluent was considered more phytotoxic for lettuce and cucumber seeds when compared to treated effluent. The results suggest that the pilot prototype was promising, providing an increase in both the germination potential and the root growth of the seeds (Lactuca sativa and Cucumis sativus) and a significant decrease in the acute toxicity to Artemia salina.","PeriodicalId":11506,"journal":{"name":"Eclética Química Journal","volume":"40 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74583187","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. A. Al.Maqtari, M. K. Al-qadasy, Y. Jamil, F. Al-Azab, A. A. Al-Gaadbi
{"title":"Physicochemical and biological activity studies on complexes of some transition elements with mixed ligands of glycine and urea","authors":"M. A. Al.Maqtari, M. K. Al-qadasy, Y. Jamil, F. Al-Azab, A. A. Al-Gaadbi","doi":"10.26850/1678-4618EQJ.V43.4.2018.P25-36","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26850/1678-4618EQJ.V43.4.2018.P25-36","url":null,"abstract":"The reaction of urea (ur) and glycine (gly) with the metal ions Co(ΙΙ), Ni(ΙΙ) and Cu(ΙΙ) in ethanolic solution of 1M:1L1:1L2 molar ratio (where M= Co(II), Ni(II) and Cu(II), and L1 = urea L2 = glycine) led to the preparation of complexes of the general formula [M(ur)(gly)(H2O)2]Cl. Elemental microanalysis (CHN), molar conductivity measurements, IR,1HNMR, Mass and UV-VIS spectroscopic, and magnetic susceptibility measurements were used for the characterization of the compounds. Thermal analyses were used for the complexes degradation characterization. The complexes have an octahedral geometry and are of electrolytic nature in DMSO solvent with the absence of inner-sphere coordination of the chloride anion. An inhibition zone was observed for Ni-urea-glycine complex against Escherichia coli when the biological activity was considered.","PeriodicalId":11506,"journal":{"name":"Eclética Química Journal","volume":"67 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81123098","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E. H. Bindewald, João Carlos Rosa-Sobrinho, M. Bergamini, L. Marcolino-Junior
{"title":"Simple, fast and inexpensive method for determination of ranitidine hydrochloride based on conductometric measurements","authors":"E. H. Bindewald, João Carlos Rosa-Sobrinho, M. Bergamini, L. Marcolino-Junior","doi":"10.26850/1678-4618eqj.v43.4.2018.p37-43","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26850/1678-4618eqj.v43.4.2018.p37-43","url":null,"abstract":"This work aims the development and optimization of an alternative method for ranitidine hydrochloride (RAN-HCl) determination. The proposed method was based on conductometric titration of RAN by precipitation of AgCl solid using a solution of AgNO3 as titrant. It was investigated the possibility of performing the titrations on hydroalcoholic and deionized water medium. A limit of detection of 1.0 mmol L-1 and 0.5 mmol L-1 were achieved for RAN titration in deionized water and in a 75:25 hydroalcoholic mixture, respectively. Such behavior is attributed to the dielectric constant of hydroalcoholic medium, which is lower than aqueous solution, making AgCl more insoluble and improving the resolution of the conductivity curve around the end point. Therefore, it is concluded that the conductometric titration method to determine RAN using AgNO3 as titrant proved to be feasible at low drug concentrations. The statistical calculations for obtained results suggested good precision for the conductometric method. According to t-test, there were no significant differences between found values at a 95% confidence level. Moreover, obtained results showed an excellent performance of the proposed method on quality control of RAN-HCl in generic formulations without any sample pretreatment.","PeriodicalId":11506,"journal":{"name":"Eclética Química Journal","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75091358","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}