Ni1-xCoxFe2O4 (x=0–1.0) ferrite nanoparticles were synthesized by using a hydrothermal process. The nanoparticles had average particle sizes of 14.8−29.4 nm and a narrow band gap of 1.75−1.91 eV, decreasing with increasing Co content. The nanoparticles showed an excellent sunligh...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/14764
The adsorption capacity of Nickel (Ni2+) and Copper (Cu2+) ions from an aqueous solution by activated carbon prepared from Balanites aegyptiaca shells. ¶Prepared activated carbon was characterized by Fourier transform infra red spectroscopy FTIR, and by determination of the iodin...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/14514
Background: In order to compare the three combinations of trace elements for correction of hyperglycemia, hyperlipidaemia, glycogen content in liver and activities of some important carbohydrate metabolic enzymes in diabetes mellitus, the anti diabetic effect and acute oral toxic...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/13479
Arsenic toxicity and bioavailability are controlled by its chemical forms (e.g. exchangeable, sorbed on organic matter, Fe/Al bound pools and mineral phases) and oxidation states (As(III) and As(V)). High interest has been developed in measurement of arsenic species due to their...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/13680
Trail pheromones were extracted with petroleum ether from the sternal gland near the anterior portion of the fifth abdominal sternit of cubitermes termites (Amitermes dentatus) and fourteen pheromonal compounds were characterised using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS)...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/14256
Chemicals from the abdominal glands of African weaver ants (Oecophylla longinoda) were extracted with petroleum ether and fifteen pheromonal compounds were characterised using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) Technique. The compounds analysed include decane (8.81%), u...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/14255
The kinetics of the reduction of 3,7-bis(dimethylamino)phenazothionium chloride (MB+) by benzenethiol in aqueous solution has been investigated in the acid range 0.3≤[H+ ≤ 0.9 mole dm-3, ionic strength (µ) of the reaction medium in the range: 0.4 ≤ µ ≤ 1.0 mole dm-3 (NaNO3) and...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/11703
Corrosion behavior of V2AlC and Cr2AlC materials have been investigated in 0.01N Ca(OH)2 at pH=11.7 using Potentiostat to estimate corrosion parameters. The results show that V2AlC material has more noble potential and lower current density than Cr2AlC over temperatures include 3...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/14902
The present work involves a rapid and reproducible HPLC method which was developed and validated for the estimation of the drug cefdinir in the bulk drug and pharmaceutical dosage forms. Tinidazole was used as an internal standard. In this method, the estimation was done by using...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/12275
The total heavy metal concentrations of some environmentally toxic metals in sediments of the Pennington River System, Bayelsa state, Nigeria was examined. The concentrations of heavy metals in each fraction were determined using a ANALYST 400 Perkin-Elmer AAS. The mean concentra...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/14696