Aderonke A. Okoya

Comparative Assessment of the Efficiency of Rice Husk Biochar and Conventional Water Treatment Method to Remove Chlorpyrifos from Pesticide Polluted Water

Aderonke A. Okoya, Oyeyemi S. Adegbaju, Oyindamola E. Akinola, Abimbola B. Akinyele & Omotayo S. Amuda · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2020

Nigeria is currently the largest rice producing country in Africa. High volumes of waste such as rice husk are inevitable with high production. Also pesticides used to rid of pests, diseases and improve crop yield find their ways into available surface water that serves domestic...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i230491

Chitosan-Grafted Carbon for the Sequestration of Heavy Metals in Aqueous Solution

Aderonke A. Okoya, Abimbola Bankole Akinyele, Omotayo Sarafadeen Amuda & Ifeanyi Emmanuel Ofoezie · Chemical Science International Journal · 2015

Heavy metals removal from wastewater is totally essential to evade water pollution. The present study showed the performance of chitosan coated carbon for the removal of chromium (VI) and Pb (II) from aqueous solution. The following elements; C, K, Ca, Mg, Al,  Si, P and Cl were...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ACSJ/2016/21813