Sustainable and renewable biofuels as well as coastal preservation are important to Nigeria. By managing water hyacinth in canals and lakes in Delta state, the biomass of this fast growing aquatic plant can reduce coastal erosion by absorbing wave energy, and remediate waste wate...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/27091
The transesterification process breaks down triglycerides into alkanoates and glycerol back bones which in turn react with alcohol in the presences of suitable catalyst to produce monoalkyl esters and glycerin. During the transesterification reaction, the glycerol backbone of tri...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/26425
Synthetic chemical surfactants have been found to be usually toxic and hardly degraded by microorganisms. Hence, attention had been shown towards biosurfactants due to their biocompatibility, lower toxicity, higher stability, stability to extreme temperature and pH. This study ev...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/27205
In this paper, Mg-Al hydrotalcite crystals were synthesized using the different Mg sources and Al sources as the precursor via hydrothermal method. The effects of different Mg and Al sources on the microstructure and the growth of LDHs were investigated by the X-ray diffraction (...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/27767
Massaï Harouna, Momeni Jean, R. Djakba, Wangmene Bagamla, Constant Tcheka, Joseph Ketcha Mbadcam & Benoît Benguellah Loura·Chemical Science International Journal·2016
The aim of this work is to formulate a powdery insecticide by adsorption of optimized poly-phenol extracts by aluminum pillared clay of Boboyo; in order to reduce the loss of post agricultural crops by preserving the environment. Different parameters (pH, initial concentration of...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/27055
Here a new decision how to convert hazardous substances into less harmful compounds is provided - an integrated technological scheme that will help to prevent from the risk of negative impact of the hazardous substances on the environment and people. Article concerns the probabil...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/26698
The elucidation of Bombax brevicuspe wood was analysed for thermal and physico-chemical techniques. The results obtained were as follows: afterglow time 253.67 sec, flame duration 113.33 sec, flame propagation rate 20.3x10-2cm.s-1, ignition time 2.33 sec, thermal conductivity 51....
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/27047
Aim: A short term toxicological study of Polyalthia longifolia seed flour in dietary formulation of albino rats was conducted and investigated in order to determine its suitability as an additive in feed supplement and formulation. Methodology: The effect of the dietary formulati...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/19789
Bagasse is a natural fibre obtained as a by-product of sugarcane milling process. As with other natural fibres it has the drawback of being hydrophilic; this research seeks to explore the use of chemical modification on the fibre surface as a possible remedy to this. The chemical...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/24912