pH reducers and metals complexes in the laboratory

Abstract

The research aimed to evaluate the behavior of various pH reducers and metals complexers, under laboratory conditions. Were used 15 commercial products (10 pH reducers and 5 metals complexers), added to the spray mix. Five experiments were conducted; two to assess the stability of pH, after addition of pH reducers (Experiment 1) and metals complexers (Experiment 2) at 1% concentration, two to determine the necessary quantity of pH reducers (Experiment 3) and metals complexers (Experiment 4) to pH 3.5, an experiment to evaluate the reduction Ca activity in CaCO3, after addition of metals complexers (Experiment 5). Treatments with pH reducers do not differ and were statistically lower than the control (Experiment 1). Redumax was the complexer which has the lowest pH of the solution, with pH 1.3 (Experiment 2). In Experiment 3, pH Fos (0.06 L), P 30 (0.07 L) and Ubyphos (0.08 L) were the products that were used the smaller rate to reduce pH. The largest rate necessary was observed for NP10 with 0.8 L (Experiment 3). The product that uses the smallest volume in Experiment 4 was Redumax (0.12 L). L1 was the complexer that required higher rate, with 3.56 L (Experiment 4). No significant difference between L1 and control in Experiment 5, showing that this product does not confer complexant action.