This study focuses on the use of powder of Mosambi fruit peelings (PMFP) as an inexpensive and efficient adsorbent to remove Cr(VI) and Ni (II) from aqueous solutions. The influence of physico-chemical key parameters such as the initial metal ion concentration, pH, agitation time...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2014/5765
When light is incident upon a liquid solution droplet containing a light absorbing solute and it is formed into a spheroid shape, absorbance can be measured and related to concentration of the light absorbing species in a manner analogous to standard spectrophotometry. However, t...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2014/5897
Aims: Gout is caused by high uric acid in the blood that leads to excess uric acid crystallizing in the joints causing swelling and pain. Uric acid is produced from the breakdown of the purine which is released when cells die or introduced from the food we eat. The enzyme that he...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2014/5355
The kinetics of oxidation of gabapentin (GBP) by N-bromosuccinimide (NBS) in an alkaline medium has been investigated. The oxidation reaction showed unique kinetics that greatly differed on going from acid to base medium. In an acid medium (pH=2.52), the reaction rate showed fir...
Open access
Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2014/6175
The title compound, C22H21NO3 belongs to the monoclinic system, space group P21/c with a = 9.3400 (3) Å, b = 22.1653 (8) Å, c = 8.7044 (3) Å, α = γ = 90˚ , β = 105.549 (1)˚, V = 1736.07 (10) Å3, Z = 4, Dc = 1.3291(1) Mg /m3, F(000) = 736, R = 0.0358 and wR = 0.0959,...
Ice-shelf flexure modelling was performed using a 2D finite-difference elastic model, which takes into account sub-ice-shelf seawater flux. The sub-ice seawater flux was described by the continuity equation linked with the linear Euler equation. In the model ice shelf flexures re...
In depth discussion of thermodynamics of a familiar system made of a room, a heater and a window reveals the rich complexity underlying the deceptively simple assumption of local thermodynamic equilibrium. It displays also the failure of available approaches to non-equilibrium th...
Aims: The Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) absorption study of atomic hydrogen is an useful tool that offers perhaps the first direct experimental method to study the distribution of local ring structures in glasses and in other amorphous materials. Study Design: In the pres...
The Knoop microhardness anisotropy profile was determined on the (001) of MgF2 which has microhardness maxima in the <110> and minima in the <100>. This anisotropy is the same as TiO2 and SnO2 which also have the rutile crystal structure. This indicates that the slip...
High performance top contact organic thin-film transistors (TC OTFTs) with bilayer electrodes (MoO3/Au) are fabricated. The interface properties of metal electrodes with organic active layer have an important effect on the OTFTs performance. We demonstrate the MoO3 layer is worki...
Most of the researches on strengthening so far had been focused on rectangular reinforced concrete (RC) beams. Researches on strengthening of RC T-beams are rather limited. This study focuses on the application of carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) laminate for strengthening...
In this paper, we analyze the conception, the realization, and the characterization of a photovoltaic system (PV) equipped by a DC/DC buck converter and an analogical MPPT controller provided with detection circuit of dysfunction and convergence of the system (CDCS). We demonstra...
Historically, the algebra of random variables has been a discipline of interest to statisticians. On the other hand, in the last ve decades special functions and numerical tools have become largely available, implying other scientists to apply results regarding this area of knowl...
Surface modification with kinematics-driven reaction on uniform and well-ordered Octadecylphosphonic acid (OPA) Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) on aluminium (Al) oxide surface is reported and few of its mechanical properties using different surface analysis techniques are characterized. T...
Most of the researches on strengthening so far has been focused on rectangular reinforced concrete (RC) beams,and strengthening of Reinforced Concrete (RC) T-beams are rather limited. This study focuses on the application of carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) laminate for st...