This laboratory handsheet and Fourdrinier pilot paper machine study examine the suitability of willow as a commercial hardwood pulp replacement including utilizing recycled pulp for paper production. The hand sheet study contains 16 different and the pilot paper machine study eig...
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Research Article10.9734/ajocs/2018/v5i218980
In this paper, the esterification reaction for a batch reactor between adipic acid (AA) and 1,6-hexanediol (1,6-HD) catalyzed by tetrabutyl titanate (Ti(OBu)4) was studied in the temperature range of 413-443 K. A kinetic model based on the assumption of 3.5-order reaction was pro...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOCS/2018/46013
Aim: The proximate, qualitative and quantitative phytochemicals, and elemental analysis of Raphia taedigera seed for useful bioactive contents were determined. Results: The results showed the seed contained 6.56%, moisture; 1.96%, ash; 4.56%, protein; 7.50%, crude fibre; 5.30%, f...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOCS/2018/45819
The characterisation of acetone extract of Citrullus lanatus (seed) was carried out using a Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer (GC-MS) and Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectrometer. From the GC-MS result, sixteen compounds were identified which include 3-(cyclopropylamino)...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOCS/2018/43778
Nitrite ions are one of the harmful compounds for human health. In addition to the available state, nitrite ions are converted from nitrate ions by the microbial reduction in the natural environment. When entering our body, they will react with haemoglobin to form methemoglobin b...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOCS/2018/45514
Averrhoa bilimbi is a tropical plant which is commonly known as Bilimbi. The plant has enormous economic importance since its leaves, flower, fruit, bark, seeds, roots or the whole plant are used to treat a variety of diseases in the alternative system of medicine. In the present...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOCS/2018/44725
Industrialisation and unplanned urbanisation in different city areas of Bangladesh have greatly distorted the natural water resources. The present study was undertaken to evaluate ionic contamination level including heavy metals in effluents, surface and groundwater of Rangpur ci...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOCS/2018/45061
Influence of abattoir wastes on physicochemical and microbiological properties of soil samples obtained from Akwa Ibom State, Southern Nigeria were investigated using standard analytical and microbiological methods. Studied abattoirs and the control soils were in the sandy-clay-l...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOCS/2018/44094
A novel modified walnut shell (MWNS) was prepared by the reaction between maleic anhydride and raw walnut shell (WNS) in ethyl acetate. MWNSs with different carboxylic acid groups values (MWNS1 and MWNS2) are obtained and characterised by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR). The ef...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOCS/2018/44606
Aims: The study was conducted to determine the biochemical composition and nutritional value of Gongronema latifolium leaf locally cultivated in Mkpat Enin, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Study Design: The study involved sampling, identification of the plant, sample preparation, analy...
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Research Article10.9734/AJOCS/2018/43389