The study involved the use of soxhlet apparatus and CP-3800 Gas Chromatograph equipped with a 63Ni electron capture detector to investigate the presence and levels of organochlorine pesticide (OCP) residues in sampled parts of watermelon. The study revealed the presence of fiftee...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2020/v29i730194
The objective of this study was to determine some physico-chemical and biochemical parameters of the leaves of a sweet variety of cassava (Manihot esculenta crantz) grown in South Benin, particularly in the regions of Pobè, Adja-ouèrè and Kétou, in order to assess their nutrition...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2020/v29i830195
Aim: To evaluate the effect of lockdown amid COVID 19 pandemic on water vapors in atmosphere under subtemperate and subtropical zones of Jammu region. Methodology: To study the variation in atmospheric chemistry, the data was analyzed on fortnightly basis in order to assess the w...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2020/v29i730193
The increase in the growth of population and urbanization in most state capitals has resulted in generation of large volumes of solid waste. Municipal solid waste is generated daily with an average of 0.5-1.5 Kg/daily per household. Municipal solid waste has become a health hazar...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2020/v29i730191
Aims: The aim of present study was to isolate the phytoedysteroids from aerial part of Silene claviformis (Caryophyllaceae) and investigate their biological activity. Place and Duration of Study: The investigation were carried out during 2019 and 2020 at laboratory of the chemis...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2020/v29i730190
Heating the chloride electrolyte to a temperature of 70°C ensures the normal codeposition of the components of the CoNiFe alloy as a result of the discharge of single-charged iron and cobalt species (Fe2+Cl-)+ and (Co2+Cl-)+, respectively and double-charged Ni2+ ions at a high ca...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2020/v29i730189
Richard Daris Tegaboue Nguedap, Donald Raoul Tchuifon Tchuifon, Mariam Asseng Conde, Ghislain Mengata Mengounou, Jean Claude Ndom & Anatole Guy Blaise Azebaze·Chemical Science International Journal·2020
This paper carries out the effects of the extraction methods on the quantities and qualities of vegetable oil from Ricinus communis. The same initial quantities of Ricinus communis were used to extract oil by the physical methods, hot and cold hydraulic press, and screw press; an...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2020/v29i630188
Since, hydroxyapatite (HAP) crystal system is hexagonal and its crystalline size in the longitudinal directions of various (a,b,c) axes, which are depending on the thickness of the laminated plate-shaped HAP crystals. Hence, by applying of Scherrer’s equation D100 = Kλ / (β cos )...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2020/v29i630185
For many liquids, the limit of superheat is 0.89 Tc, where Tc = temperature Kelvin at critical point. The rise in the limit of superheat by addition of polymer has a formula, B’, derived by Jennings, and this paper makes use of a pattern to predict the formula for rise in superh...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2020/v29i630184
Samuel Afful, Johannes A. M. Awudza, Shiloh Osae, Michael Tawiah, Ellis Enimil, Beatrice Puplampu & Gladys Adjei Mantey·Chemical Science International Journal·2020
Extractable organochlorine (EOC) and bound organochlorine (BOC) compositions in sediments from Lake Bosomtwi have been determined with instrumental neutron activation technique. Within the limit of experimental errors, the precision and accuracy of the method for the determinatio...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2020/v29i630183