Babacar Niang, Diene Ndiaye, Moustapha Lô Kholl, L. Y. El Hadj Babacar, Abdou Karim Diallo & Ansou Malang Badji·Chemical Science International Journal·2017
Wood-polyethylene composites (WPEC) have been prepared with high density polyethylene (HDPE) matrix with pine wood, using maleic anhydride polyethylene (MAPE) as coupling agent and gamma irradiated. This paper discusses the behavior of the composites after exposure to various ga...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2017/37423
This paper reports the drying kinetics of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) with different drying loads in a fabricated mixed mode natural convection solar dryer. The energy utilization ratio (EUR) and exergetic efficiency (ȠEx) was also estimated. Tomato slices were dried to reac...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2017/34878
Physicochemical properties, fatty acid composition and antimicrobial potential of Croton penduliflorus seed oils were investigated using standard methods. Physicochemical properties of whole and dehulled seed oils were; colour (dull cinnamon- brown colour and cinnamon- brown colo...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2017/35835
This work presents the treatment of the pharmaceutical wastewater using anaerobic digestion was carried out in this work. The results obtained showed that most of the wastewater parameters were reduced to acceptable levels after the digestion. The kinetic data was well described...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2017/34050
The Phytochemical screening of Senecio biafrae and Vernonia amygdalina showed the presence of saponins,tanins, phlobataninss, phenol,anthraquinones, flavonoids, glycoside, steroids, terpens, cardenolides, chalcones,quinones and terpenoids; fixed oil was also determined. The phyto...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2017/35753
Mesoporous carbon and humic acid - native and oxidized with 5% or 15% hydrogen peroxide - were used to obtain hybrid adsorbents MC-HA, MC-HA5, and MC-HA15, respectively, for removing certain metal ions from water. Fine particles of the hybrid adsorbents were characterized by vari...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2017/36823
Single crystals of racemic barium tartrate monohydrate, BaC4H4O6·H2O, were grown at 308 K by a gel method using silica gel as the growth medium. Differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetric-differential thermal analysis, and X-ray diffraction measurements were performed o...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2017/36656
Nche George Ndifor-Angwafor, Mominou Nchare, Tchuifon Tchuifon Donald Raoul, Ngakou Sadeu Christian, Anagho Solomon Gabche & Nosang V. Myung·Chemical Science International Journal·2017
A general synthetic method has been used to fabricate Co and Ni nanofibers. By using the electrospinning technique followed by galvanic displacement reaction, we have successfully prepared ultra-long hollow chalcogen and chalcogenide nanofibers. The outstanding features of this a...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2017/36678
Marcelo D. Preite, Francisco J. Castillo, Claudia M. Urbina, Rodrigo E. Faúndez, Juan M. Manriquez & Ivonne A. Chávez·Chemical Science International Journal·2017
The objective of this work was to get access to a cheap and easy to scale source of oleyl bromide. Starting from commercial olive oil, and using economical reagents and conditions, the conversion was achieved in 5 steps (saponification, distillation, esterification, reduction and...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2017/36289
The goal of this article was to preparation Fly ash(FA)/TiO2-WO3 Composite Photocatalyst based activation and modify of FA surface using simple chemical method. The FA carrier and catalysts were investigated through XRD, SEM/EDS and BET. The photocatalytic efficiency of composit...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2017/35086
Aims: To evaluate the level of elemental pollution in roadside dust. Study Design: Dust samples were collected along Thika highway at Roysambu and at Thika town. Place and Duration of Study: Department of chemistry, government of Kenya laboratories, from July to December 2016. Me...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2017/35744
This research is aimed at evaluating the impact of activities carried out in automobile repair sites on quality of soils in the area. To achieve this target, soil samples were collected from five sampling points in each of the three selected sites (Apo, Kugbo and Zuba) to a depth...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2017/36065
The efficiency of fat and sterol production by Aspergillus nidulans was evaluated. The fungus was grown in media containing various carbon and nitrogen sources. Some agricultural waste materials namely, corn cob, rice husk and potato peels were also used as sole carbon sources fo...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2017/35197
The synthesis of 4-phenylazo phenol by coupling anthocyanins extracted from Delonix regia flowers with diazotised aniline is presented in this paper. Also reported here is the reduction of 4-phenylazo phenol to yield 4-aminophenol and coupling of 4-aminophenol to phenol and 2-nap...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2017/35020
Response surface methodology was used to model the effect of temperature, NaCl concentration and pH on the production of protein from Mucuna pruriens seeds. The analysis of response surface graphs showed that the optimal parameters correspond to a temperature of 27°C, a concentrat...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2017/35376