This study was aimed at using Balanite aegyptiaca seed coats activated carbon (BAAC) as a potential adsorbent to remove safranin dye from aqueous solution. BAAC was prepared from Balanite aegyptiaca seed coats using a one-step procedure with 67.27% yield, 3.23% ash content, 695 m...
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Research Article10.9734/ajopacs/2020/v8i130109
The energy spectrum of the radial Schrodinger equation with the molecular Deng Fan potential has been obtained through the WKB approximation scheme. The radial WKB solution yields a transcendental or an implicit equation. The energy eigenvalues for non-physical and real molecular...
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Research Article10.9734/ajopacs/2020/v8i130107
Soil quality is an essential factor in Agricultural sustainability and its combination with water and human factors substantially determine the quality of the output (crop) within a particular ecosystem. The goal was attained through: identification of the extant management syste...
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Research Article10.9734/ajopacs/2020/v8i130105
Ocimum basilicum has been widely used in traditional medicine. Rural communities have used fixed oils for variety purposes since a long time ago. They used for cosmetic applications, fuel, medicine and food. The aim of this study was to characterize the physicochemical properties...
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Research Article10.9734/ajopacs/2020/v8i130104
Background: The equation of the difference between reverse and forward Gibbs free energy of activation (ΔΔGES#) reflects Michaelis-Menten constant (KM) in both directions; this may not be applicable to all enzymes even if the reverse reaction is speculatively Michaelian. Arrheniu...
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Research Article10.9734/ajopacs/2019/v7i430103
Objective: To investigate the Phytochemical screening, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of the essential oil and ethanol extract of Psidium guajava. Methods: The leaf of Psidium guajavabelongs to the myrtle family (Myrtacease) which is used as herbal remedies for the cure...
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Research Article10.9734/ajopacs/2019/v7i430102
Background: There has been recent shift from the core issue of Michaelian kinetics to issues regarding various kinds of quasi-steady-state assumptions. Derivable equations with which to determine reverse rate constant for the dissociation of enzyme-substrate complex (ES) is given...
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Research Article10.9734/ajopacs/2019/v7i430101
The gross alpha and beta activity concentration in drinkable water and soil/sediment from oil spilled communities of Delta state have been carried out using calibrated MPC 2000 Protean ORTEC desktop gross alpha/beta counter. A total of 22 water samples (11 River water and 11 well...
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Research Article10.9734/ajopacs/2019/v7i430100
The aim of this study is to determine the occupational hazards due to exposure to gamma radiations from oil and gas facilities. In-situ measurement of radiation exposure rate of some Oil Field Facilities in Rivers State, Nigeria carried out using Digilert 200 and Radalert 100 nu...
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Research Article10.9734/ajopacs/2019/v7i430099
Hexagonal Magnetoplumbite Compound CaFe12O19 were synthesized by two methods namely Solvo Combustion and Ceramic methods respectively. The compounds were studied by X-ray diffraction technique (XRD), Scanning electron Microscope (SEM), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) an...
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Research Article10.9734/ajopacs/2019/v7i330098