| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2022 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Late News Poster Session
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| Presentation Title |
L-63: XRD and SEM Characterization of Amazon Biomass Residues: Euterpe Oleracea, Theobroma Grandiflorum and Astrocaryum Vulgare Mart |
| Author(s) |
Luana Demosthenes Cruz Demosthenes, Waldeir Silva Dias, Foluke Salgado de Assis, Kleynice kazumy de lima Yamaguchi, Sergio Neves Monteiro, Wendell Bruno de Almeida Bezerra |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Wendell Bruno de Almeida Bezerra |
| Abstract Scope |
The Brazilian Amazon region is well known for its fruit diversity. Some of these fruits are traded all over the world, for example açaí (Euterpe o.). Other fruits that are well known worldwide are cupuaçu (Theobroma g.) and Tucumã (Astrocaryum v.) which present appreciable flavors in the food industry. However, after consuming the fruit pulp, tons of waste are generated because these fruits have fractions of 40 to 80% of peel and seeds. In view of this problem, this research aims to characterize these residues by XRD and to verify the morphology by SEM. The results obtained for the XRD diffractograms showed an amorphous halo at approximately 10° for each of the organic samples. The morphologies of the samples were observed by SEM and with the measuring tool coupled to the equipment, PS of the samples were measured. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Undecided |
| Keywords |
Characterization, Composites, Biomaterials |