343626 KCl Tablets Production From Fine Process and Polymers

Monday, November 4, 2013
Grand Ballroom B (Hilton)
Nascimento Carla1, Elaine Cabral-Albuquerque1, Jose Pinto2 and Rosana Fialho3, (1)Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil, (2)Programa de Engenharia Quimica, COPPE Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Cidade Universitaria, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, (3)Programa de Pós Graduação em Engenharia Industrial, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil

This work proposes the development of a method for coating fines generated in the process, in order to improve the mechanical properties and also generate tablets with better mechanical properties, starting from fine KCl resulting the production process of this fertilizer. In the synthesis was used different kinds of polymers and evaluated the effect of mass ratio and type of polymer in the mixture. Tablets produced were analyzed for performance properties like abrasion resistance and were characterized by electron microscopy and infrared spectroscopy (IR). The results indicate the different biodegradable polymer can be used to produced KCl tablets with improved abrasion  resistance.

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