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QUIMICA NOVA
Volume 33, Issue 5, Pages 1053-1058Publisher
SOC BRASILEIRA QUIMICA
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-40422010000500009
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oyster shell; mussel shell; waste of malacoculture
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PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY AND MICRO STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SHELLS OF BIVALVE MOLLUSKS FROM SEA FARMER AROUND THE SANTA CATARINA ISLAND. Samples of shells of oysters and mussels from sea farm around the Santa Catarina Island in south Brazil were collected and analyzed by DRX, FRX, SEM, CHN-S, FTIR, TG, AAS/Flame and AAS / GF. The results showed that the crystalline structure of mussel's shells is mainly formed by aragonite and the oyster's shells by calcite. The calcium percentage in both shells species was in the range of 33 to 35% and also 850 and 1200 mg/kg of strontium was detected in the shells of oysters and mussels, respectively. The content of organic matter was larger in the mussel's shells and the thermal degradation of both shells species occurred by three events at different temperatures from 250 to 830 degrees C.
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