Chelating molecules with carboxyhydrazide functional group was immobilised on silica surface. The functional group was covalently bonded to the silica surface by sequential reactions of silica with dibromobutane, malonic ester and hydrazine in different media. The grafting reacti...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2017/31105
The concentration levels of heavy metals in food crops (maize and mung beans) grown in the neighbourhood of Minjingu Phosphate mine were analyzed using EDXRF. The metal concentrations in both food crops followed the following pattern Fe > Zn > Cu > Cd > Cr > Pb >...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2017/31476
Emeka Thompson Nwankwere, Casimir Emmanuel Gimba, George Iloegbulam Ndukwe, Adamu Kari Isuwa & Yilleng Moses Titus·Chemical Science International Journal·2017
Two low smectite-containing clay materials were modified, using hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (HDTMAB) as intercalating agents, under very mild experimental conditions, to investigate their potentials as suitable organoclays for industrial and environmental applications. Cha...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2017/29703
Adsorption isotherm models are an important tool for describing interaction of corrosion inhibitors with metal surfaces which they are aimed to protect. In this paper, key adsorption isotherms used in corrosion inhibition studies have been reviewed. We have examined how some dedu...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2017/28976
Aims: Evaluate the potentially use as pozzolan in cement replacement of activated Lateritic and Illitic raw materials from Burkina Faso. Place and Duration of Study: Laboratory of Molecular and Materials Chemistry-University of Ouagadougou, National Laboratory of Building and Pub...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2017/30995
Douglas Igor Santos de Oliveira, Lívia Fernandes do Amaral, Maria Cristina Silveira Lourenço, Nelilma Correia Romeiro, Vítor Won-Held Rabelo & Raphael Salles Ferreira Silva·Chemical Science International Journal·2017
Aims: The study aimed to investigate de synthesis of phenazines by microwave assisted reactions and evaluate the tuberculostatic activity. Study Design: The method developed in the study is an alternative for the method described in the literature employing acetic acid, an effici...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2017/30943
Denim garment is most widely used due to its appearance, comfort, strength, durability and low cost, which gives the customers utmost satisfaction. Denim garment does not inherit customer’s desired properties in the primary stage of manufacturing, but can be incorporated desirabl...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2016/29399
Two Rivers: Bomu in Ogoniland and Oginigba in Port Harcourt all in Rivers State, Nigeria were strategically chosen to represent rivers in Rivers State that are prone to ecological degradation due to industrial activities. Their contamination status was assessed using trace metals...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2016/28499
Materials that are of low cost, bio-based and biodegradable are the basis within which today’s industrial technology is trying to accommodate. Cellulose being a low cost polymer is naturally occurring, bio-based, renewable and biodegradable thus its derivatives are incorporated i...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2016/29390
Water currently consumed by rural residents in Kenya far exceeds drinking water guideline values proposed by the World Health Organization. The basement and alluvial formations are known to exhibit poor water quality, with predominantly slightly saline water at greater depths esp...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2016/30176