The study was to assess health hazard of metal concentation in groundwater of Bangladesh for drinking purposes. A number of 13 deep tube wells were selected purposively for collecting groundwater samples from the different sampling location of the study area. The study was carrie...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/13175
Luis Felipe Cesar Bolognesi, Felipe Azevedo Borges, José Luiz Ferreira Cinman, Rosângela Gonçalves da Silva, André Gonzaga dos Santos & Rondinelli Donizetti Herculano·Chemical Science International Journal·2014
In order to create a new sustained drug delivery system applied for tissue regeneration, this study beget a natural rubber latex (NRL) film with Casearia sylvestris extract and ciprofloxacin. Manipulated from the biomaterial latex obtained by the rubber tree Hevea brasiliensis, t...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/12263
In order to improve the mechanical properties of acrylic films, Poly methyl-methacrylate (PMMA)/Aluminum oxide (Al2O3) films are prepared following solution casting technique. The mechanical behavior of prepared films has been analyzed by employing Ultrasonic Pulse Echo method. T...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/12031
The corrosion inhibition of carbon steel in petroleum environment by ethanolic extract of pumpkin peels has been studied in relation to three concentrations of the inhibitor include 3, 5 and 7mL/L at four temperatures over the range 50–80°C using electrochemical measurements (ope...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/12594
Nanomaterials are used for the miniaturization of particular electronic device. But new era of technology demands a cheaper and more commercial method to produce excellent material especially silicon dioxide. The present work deals with the sol-gel synthesis of SiO2 material and...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/10875
This research has examined the levels of four toxic elements (lead, cadmium, manganese and iron) from four different locations of onion farms in Aliero metropolis of Kebbi State Nigeria in West Africa. The metals were analysed by atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS). The concentr...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/10210
The present research work explains the dry sliding wear characteristics of thermally sprayed red mud and its composite coatings. Composite of red mud, fly ash and aluminium are plasma sprayed at 6, 9, 12 and 15 kW operating power levels. The coatings were experimented to study th...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2014/12691
The synthesis of the title compounds 5a-c has been accomplished by a Suzuki cross coupling reaction between arylbromide 3 and 5-Indole boronic acid to furnished precursor 4, which was used as a key intermediate for the synthesis of the preceding targets. Thus, treatment of 4 with...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2014/12036
In this paper synthesis and characterization of a new hybrid polymer composites reinforced with electroless nickel coated glass fiber with the addition of 0.5 % of nano iron oxide as filler is reported. Nano Iron oxide is introduced into the matrix as fillers at the minimum conce...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2014/12703
This work was carried out in order to study the possibility of using pinecones as inexpensive sorbent material for the removal of copper ions in solution. The experiment was carried out in the Department of Chemistry, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. Batch adsorp...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2014/11115