The aim and objective of this work is to synthesize a greener alkyd resin by substituting petroleum based epoxides in alkyd resin modification. Chemical transformation of the existing functional group present in neem oil via epoxidation, epoxy functionality was inserted and used...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/26431
The large organic matter of solid waste such as agricultural and municipal solid waste offer great potential for biogas production. This work has been carried out to investigate the effect of some selected pH control chemicals on anaerobic digestion process which is expected to i...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/21586
The present study reports the synthesis of coir fibre treated with alumina salt by using of the annealing method. In this study chemical treatment of coir fibre has been done using a nitro compounds at higher temperature. The composite formed after the chemical treatment and has...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/25648
The potential of Artocarpus heterophyllus (jackfruit) seed (JS) as an adsorbent to remove methyl violet 2B (MV) dye was investigated using batch experiment method. Surface morphology and functional groups of JS were analyzed in order to characterize the adsorbent. The adsorption...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/27127
The densities of the binary solvent mixtures and its salt solutions have been measured by one of the recently modified techniques, namely Magnetic Float Densitometer. The partial molar volume or apparent molar volume ϕv and at infinite dilution are determined by ϕv0 values of sol...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/26167
A 92 wt% Cu and 5wt% Ni alloy containing 3 wt% Al is subjected to a rapid solidification processing (RSP) using a rotating copper wheel (7.95 cm φ x 5.95 cm w) at 1420 r.p.m, which produces a thin specimen of 2 mm thickness. The specimens with dimensions of 10.8×15.02 mm2 are the...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/25868
The removal of Lead and Nickel ions from aqueous solution by adsorption onto activated locust bean husk was investigated in a well stirred batch reactor. Equilibrium and kinetic experiments were performed at various pH, temperature and contact time. The metal removal approached e...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/22724
Some nonfused biheterocyclic system derivatives containing a combination of 1,3,4-thiadiazole and pharmacophores such as 1,3,4-oxadiazole and/or pyrazoles in the same molecule were obtained based on 2-((5-(alkylthio)-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)thio)acetohydrazide. The synthesized comp...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/26657
Vegetable oil was extracted from Lagenaria siceraria seeds and some physico-chemical analysis determined. The refractive index of 1.47, saponification value of 465.9 mgKOH/g, iodine value of 15.86 I2 /100 g, Acid value mgKOH/g of 2.52 and density of 0.93 were obtained. GC-MS of b...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/25510
Place and Aims: Total concentrations of Hg and geochemical analysis of sediments from the Amazon Continental Shelf (47º52'W-4º19'N, 51º04'W-2º16'S) were determined in 25 sampling sites, during the months of lowest flow of the Amazon River. The aim of this study was to determine t...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/26625
Rasheed M. A. Q. Jamhour1* Pillared host-guest material or layered double hydroxides (LDHs) of the type Mg-Al-CO3 with dodecylamine (DA) has been synthesized. The sorption capacities have been investigated for the removal of some heavy metal ions Ni(II), Cd(II), Co(II), Cu(II), P...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/25977
Biodegradable polymeric materials have been used as a drug delivery system due to its encapsulation, release system and less toxic properties. Chitosan-alginate nanoparticles were prepared by ionotropic pre-gelation of alginate core, followed by polyelectrolyte complexation of ch...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/25989
The fly ash was activated and modified respectively by acid and alkali- soluble method, BET, XRD, SEM and EDS were used to investigate the specific surface area, phase, surface microstructure and the major elements of the original coal fly ash and the modified sample. The results...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/26348
The synthesis of gold nanoparticles was investigated via the laboratory preparation of the precursor from the precipitated gold using sodium cyanide (NaCN) and cyanide solution from cassava. Characterization studies are carried out using TEM and XRD. The synthesis of gold nanopar...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/25749
Hao Wang, Jianbo Zhan, Zhenhua Yu, Jiang Yu, Yafeng Ji, Tao Wang, Yao Yu, Muyan Li, Danfeng He, Hongkui Zhang, Rongrong Fu, Na Zan, Wei Ding, Liang Cheng, Baoshan Yue, Han Zheng, Zhiqiang Li & Li Gao·Chemical Science International Journal·2016
Deformation scheme and pre-heat treatment of Al-5.2%Zn-2.3%Mg aluminum alloy is chosen, homogenizing annealing at 415℃ for 1h, cooling to 200℃ in furnace at a cooling rate of less than 30℃/ h and then cooling to room temperature to make Al-5.2%Zn-2.3%Mg aluminum alloy annealed fu...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/26486