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of 0, 6 g, 0.8 g and 1.0 g respectively. The apparent color removal was 99.1% for the
coagulant solution and 71.9%, 86.7% and 97.8% respectively for pouches containing 0.6 g,
0.8 g and 1.0 g of powdered seeds.
Regarding the protein content, the coagulant solution and the pouches of 0.6 g, 0.8 g
and 1.0 g presented respectively: 47.07 mg L -1 , 29.53 mg L -1 35.17 mg L -1 and 47.47 mg L -1 ,
which shows that the turbidity and apparent color reduction is proportional to protein
concentration.
4. CONCLUSION
The use of coagulant extracted from Moringa oleifera, as powdered seeds enclosed
in pouches, was satisfactory. Although there was no significant difference between the
coagulant solution and the 1.0 g and 0.8 g pouches, the indexes of turbidity and apparent
color removal showed that the behavior of the 1.0 g pouch is closer to the coagulant solution
than the 0.8 g pouch. The coagulant solution and the 1.0 g pouch presented 97% turbidity
and apparent removal and the 0.8 g pouch presented efficiency below 87%.
4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authors thank FAPESP (Processes: 10/16223-0, 10/09395-0 e 08/53066-0) for
financial support for the research.
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