Application of chemically modified waste tucumã (Astrocaryum aculeatum) seeds in the biosorption of methylene blue: kinetic and thermodynamic parameters.

Dye effluents cause diverse environmental problems. Methylene blue (MB) dye stands out since it is widely used in the textile industry. To reduce the pollution caused by the MB, we developed biosorbents from tucumã seeds, where the in natura seeds were treated with NaOH (BT) and HPO (AT) solutions and characterized by Boehm titration, point of zero charges, FTIR, TGA, BET, and SEM.