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Utilization of food industry wastes for the production of zero-valent iron nanoparticles

dc.contributor.authorMachado, S.
dc.contributor.authorGrosso, J. P.
dc.contributor.authorNouws, Henri P. A.
dc.contributor.authorAlbergaria, José Tomás
dc.contributor.authorDelerue-Matos, Cristina
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-06T16:39:03Z
dc.date.available2015-01-06T16:39:03Z
dc.date.issued2014-10-15
dc.description.abstractThe proper disposal of the several types of wastes produced in industrial activities increases production costs. As a consequence, it is common to develop strategies to reuse these wastes in the same process and in different processes or to transform them for use in other processes. This work combines the needs for new synthesis methods of nanomaterials and the reduction of production cost using wastes from citrine juice (orange, lime, lemon and mandarin) to produce a new added value product, green zero-valent iron nanoparticles that can be used in several applications, including environmental remediation. The results indicate that extracts of the tested fruit wastes (peel, albedo and pulp fractions) can be used to produce zero-valent iron nanoparticles (nZVIs). This shows that these wastes can be an added value product. The resulting nZVIs had sizes ranging from 3 up to 300 nm and distinct reactivities (pulp > peel > albedo extracts). All the studied nanoparticles did not present a significant agglomeration/settling tendency when compared to similar nanoparticles, which indicates that they remain in suspension and retain their reactivity.por
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.07.058
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/5323
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.publisherElsevierpor
dc.relation.ispartofseriesScience of the Total Environment;Vol. 496
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969714010882por
dc.subjectFood wastespor
dc.subjectCitrinespor
dc.subjectAntioxidant capacitypor
dc.subjectGreen productionpor
dc.subjectZero-valent iron nanoparticlespor
dc.titleUtilization of food industry wastes for the production of zero-valent iron nanoparticlespor
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage240por
oaire.citation.startPage233por
oaire.citation.titleScience of the Total Environmentpor
oaire.citation.volume496por
person.familyNameDelerue-Matos
person.givenNameCristina
person.identifier.ciencia-id9A1A-43FB-5C27
person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-3924-776X
person.identifier.ridD-4990-2013
person.identifier.scopus-author-id6603741848
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rcaap.typearticlepor
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