TiO2 modified Bi2O3 nanoheterojunction was prepared using maleic acid as an organic linker. TiO2 phatocatalyst cannot perform photocatalytic reaction in the visible region. It only can work in the UV light region because of its band gap 3.2 eV. On the other hand Bi2O3 modified Ti...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2017/34828
In this report, we describe a simple synthesis of gluconoamidinylsulfones as a new class of potential inhibitors toward glycan processing enzymes. Gluconoamidinylsulfones have a glucose-based sulfonyl amidine skeleton, thus would form a distorted half-chair conformation with posi...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2017/34259
Single crystals of racemic strontium tartrate tetrahydrate, SrC4H4O6·4H2O, were grown at 308 K by a gel method using silica gel as the medium of growth. Differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetric-differential thermal analysis, and X-ray diffraction measurements were per...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2017/34299
In Nigeria, the foam industries basically use CaCO3 as filler in polyurethane (PU) foam manufacture. This has contributed to the high importation of this mineral, thereby, increasing dependency on imported goods. It is for this reason that, kaolin, a clay deposit commonly found o...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2017/31143
This paper presents the results of x-ray diffraction of a cellulose fabric treated with oils extracted from the seed of Jatropha curcas; the oils were extracted with hexane under reflux while the fabric was purified by scouring, bleaching and mercerization to remove dirt and colo...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2017/32685
Excellent heterogeneous catalyst was developed from waste murex turnispina shell and used in the transesterification of waste cooking oil (WCO) with methanol to obtain fatty acid methyl ester (FAME), otherwise known as bio-diesel. Finely ground murex turnispina shell was subjecte...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2017/32578
The removal of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) from waste water was studied by three activated carbon samples (AP21, AZ21 and AN13) prepared from date palm pits (DP) as a precursor and phosphoric acid, zinc chloride and sodium hydroxide as activating agents. Different tech...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2017/33073
Aims: The present study involved the synthesis of heteroleptic metal complexes and their nanoformulations as potential larvicidal agent. Study Design: Metal complexes nanoformulations. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Chemistry, Punjab agricultural University, Ludhiana,...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2017/32958
A DFT study of the relationships between electronic structure and inhibitory effects of caffeine derivatives on neoplastic transformation was carried out. We obtain one statistically significant equation (R=0.97, R²= 0.94, adjusted R²= 0.92, F(7,34) =71.40 (p<0.00001), SD=0.14...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2017/32694
Simple, cost effective, accurate and reproducible UV derivative-spectrophotometric method were developed and validated for the estimation of bisoprolol fumarate in pharmaceutical preparations. Bisoprolol fumarate was estimated at 233 nm in 50% methanol. The beer’s law was obeyed...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2017/31256
The potential of a low-cost periwinkle shell powder (PSP) for the adsorption of Cr(II) and Zn(II) ions from aqueous media was investigated by batch mode. The PSP produced was chemically activated with 0.1M H2SO4. Scanning electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectrosco...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2016/31440
The effect of various polar solvents on the absorption and dual fluorescence of 4- (dimethylamino)benzaldehyde (DMABA) was investigated. It was found that in non- polar solvents DMABA shows only one emission band, however in polar solvents second emission band at longer wavelengt...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2016/31560
A rapid high-performance liquid chromatography method was developed and validated for the determination of atorvastatin calcium in pharmaceutical dosage forms, and for evaluation of its stability in stress testing. Separation of atorvastatin was successfully achieved on a C-18 co...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2016/31250
Solid-state 1H nuclear-magnetic-resonance (NMR) measurements of polyaniline doped by HClO4, H2SO4, and H3PO4 were performed with magic-angle-spinning (MAS) methods to reveal the effects of protonation on chain arrangements and the electrical conductivity of polyaniline. In this s...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2016/31542
Polypropylene (PP) has been used extensively in many parts of the industry. The main reason for the frequent use of polypropylene is low cost, easy processing and high performance. Diatomite (D) has superior properties in terms of surface area, thermal conductivity, porosity, par...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2016/30960