Performance of an Argentinian acid-activated bentonite in the bleaching of soybean oil

In this work, a bentonite clay from Mendoza, Argentina was activated with H2SO4 (4 and 8 N) at 90ºC for 2 and 3.5 hours. Under these conditions several cations were removed from the octahedral sheet (Mg, Al, and Fe) and the DTA-TGA curves of the solids obtained after treatment were modified. Treatme...

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Main Authors: Foletto E.L., Volzone C., Porto L.M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Brazilian Society of Chemical Engineering 2003-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-66322003000200007