Atrazine is a widely used chloro-s-triazine herbicide whose persistence and mobility in agricultural soils raise concerns about groundwater contamination, ecological toxicity, and human exposure. This study evaluated rice husk biochar (RHB) produced by slow pyrolysis at 500, 600,...
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Research Article10.9734/ajacr/2026/v17i3417
Polyethylene wax was obtained from pyrolysis experiments on Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE) wastes using a muffle furnace in inert condition. 60 – 80% of the initial mass of wax were obtained as heating was added at a rate of 10oC/min. Operating conditions for the reaction were 4...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2023/v17i8501
In order to catalyse the transformation of the cellulose from rice husks into reducing sugars, clay was subjected to thermal treatment, HCl treatment, and NaOH treatment. This work aims to produce bioethanol from rice husk using a clay catalyst. Using proximate analysis and eleme...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2023/v17i10531