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Resumo IPEN-doc 24545 Chemical characterization of the clay deposit known as peruvian black mud2017 - ALVES, I.C.; GOUVEA, P.F.M.; SILVA, P.S.C.In Peruíbe city, state of São Paulo, the largest continuous natural deposit of clay in the world can be found, containing of a material popularly known as Peruíbe Black Mud (PBM). This deposit has 83 thousand tons with a depth of 75m, distributed in 5 hectares, making the municipality a tourist point. This sludge is characterized by large amounts of fine particles, high organic matter content, high sulfite reducing bacteria content and a consequent high ion reduction potential; it is used in psoriasis, peripheral dermatitis, acne and seborrhea treatments, as well as in myalgias, arthritis and non-rheumatic joint processes. Ten samples of the in natura mud were collected along the deposit, in depth ranging from 1 to 1.5m and also 6 samples that were matured with see water, with the objective of verifying the homogeneity of the chemical composition through the evaluation of its elemental content, for the physical-chemical characterization, measurements of pH, moisture, organic matter and loss on ignition were made. The elemental concentrations were determined by neutron activation analysis. In these measurements approximately 100mg of sample were irradiated together with certified reference materials, for a period of 8 hours under a neutron flux in the order of 1012 n cm2 s1. The activities were determined by gamma spectrometry using high-purity Ge detectors. Both, in natura and maturated samples presented similar coefficient of variation for most of the elements, with Ca, Co, Cr, Cs, Fe, La, Th and U having a coefficient of variation lower than 30%, the elements As, Sm, Tb, Zn and Zr presented a coefficient of variation between 30 and 60% and the elements K, Nd, Sb, Se, Tb and Yb presented the highest coefficients of variation, above 60%.