This paper presents a comprehensive review of temperature measurement technologies for applications operating above 1000 °C. Accurate temperature measurement in this range is essential for gas turbines, combustion chambers, nuclear reactors, steelmaking, glass processing, and oth...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2026/v35i51075
Aim: This study investigated the feasibility of directly producing chlorate defoliants from secondary mother liquors (SML) via interaction with sodium chlorate. Study Design: Laboratory investigation of the effects of the SML:NaClO₃ ratio and reaction duration on conversion and p...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2026/v35i51076
Faecal sludge management is a major sanitation challenge in N’Djamena, Chad, where on-site sanitation systems are widely used and local design data for treatment facilities remain limited. This study quantified faecal sludge production and characterised selected physicochemical p...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2026/v35i51077
Background: Incorporating starch into plasticised polyvinyl chloride (PVC) can increase the renewable constituent fraction but may reduce tensile strength, deformability, and stiffness. Commercial glycerol monostearate may influence these properties through formulation-related ef...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2026/v35i51074
Aim: This study evaluates natural saline waters from the Bukhara region as magnesium-bearing raw materials and to establish a rational sodium hydroxide precipitation regime for recovering magnesium as a magnesium hydroxide-rich product. Study Design: A comparative laboratory stud...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2026/v35i51073
Djimassingar Golngar, Mbai-yelkom Fidel Karnot, Ahmat Al Tidjani Hissein, Al-Djazouli Ouchar Mahamat & Mahamat Seid Ali Malloum·Chemical Science International Journal·2026
Groundwater is the principal source of domestic water in the city of Léré and its surroundings, Mayo-Kebbi-West Province, south- western Chad, yet its quality had never been systematically assessed prior to this study. This work aimed to (i) characterize the physicochemical quali...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2026/v35i51072
Aim: To investigate the polythermal crystallization behaviour of the Mg(ClO₃)₂–[80 wt% 2-amino-1,3,4-thiadiazole + 20 wt% ethanol]–H₂O pseudo-ternary system and to characterize an isolated magnesium-chlorate/thiadiazole-containing solid. Study Design: An experimental physicochemi...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2026/v35i51070
Strophanthus sarmentosus is a medicinal plant used in African traditional medicine, but its ethnobotanical uses and phytochemical characteristics remain insufficiently documented in Mali. This study investigated the traditional uses and chemical profile of the leaves and stems of...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2026/v35i51071
This investigation examined whether the first reduction potential of forty (40) Tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ) derivatives could be described using a single quantum-chemical descriptor. Molecular geometries were optimised and frequency calculations were undertaken at the HF/6-31...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2026/v35i51069
In Côte d’Ivoire, urban market gardening frequently develops in wetlands subjected to anthropogenic pressures that may promote trace metal (TM) contamination of crops. The Gonfreville market gardening site in Bouaké, located downstream of a textile industry, represents a potentia...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2026/v35i51068
Calcium nitrate is an agronomically valuable, rapidly soluble source of nitrate nitrogen and calcium, yet its pronounced hygroscopicity, deliquescence and tendency to cake create persistent manufacturing, storage and distribution problems. These limitations are particularly impor...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2026/v35i51067
Marc Cyril KOUADIO, Dagaud Julien Eymard Bahino, Adjoumani Rodrigue KOUAKOU, Kié Kpan, Mahamadi Nikiema, Kouakou Eric ADOU, Hontonho Esperance Justine Deguenon, ABOLLE Abolle & Boko Aka·Chemical Science International Journal·2026
This study evaluated the methane-production capacity of a 20 m³ biodigester fed exclusively with poultry manure under field conditions in Côte d’Ivoire. The assessment was conducted at Fondation Brin, Yaokokoroko, Tabagne Sub-prefecture, Gontougo Region, over a 30-day analytical...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2026/v35i51066
Aims: To prepare a styrene–butadiene rubber (SBR)/maleic anhydride formulation in heptane and characterise its thermal behaviour by simultaneous thermogravimetric and differential thermal analysis, with emphasis on the temperature regions relevant to subsequent sorbent developmen...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2026/v35i51065
Gnagne Agness Essoh Jean Eudes Yves, Seka Yapoga Jean, Ahoule Dompé Ghislain Maxime, Chonou Assi Hubert, N’gatta N’goran Samson & Ballet Tiama Guy Nicaise·Chemical Science International Journal·2026
This study assessed the occurrence and removal of amoxicillin (AMX), ceftriaxone (CTR) and gentamicin (GM) in effluents from the Cocody-Angré University Hospital Center, Côte d’Ivoire. Four sampling campaigns were conducted between 24 November and 28 December 2023 at the inlet an...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2026/v35i51064
Aims: The study aims to synthesise a novel thiourethane-group oligomeric modifier (TGF-8) from thiourea, glycerol and formaldehyde using locally available raw materials, and to determine its molecular structure, molecular mass and thermal behaviour, thereby establishing the scien...
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Research Article10.9734/CSJI/2026/v35i51063