A. O. Aliyu

Transesterification and Epoxidation of Oil Extracts from Selected Plants for Use as Bio-transformer Oil

A. O. Aliyu & Ahmad Tijjani · International Research Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry · 2017

Transesterification and Epoxidation of oils extracted from seeds of five different plants, namely,  Jatropha, Moringa, Castor, Cotton and Shea was carried out using standard methods and characterized using American Society for Testing Material (ASTM) standard tests. The oils were...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IRJPAC/2017/33506

Corrosion Inhibition Effect of Phenolic Extract of Gnetum africana on Copper in 1.0 mol/dm3 Ammonium Hydroxide

A. O. Aliyu & Ebere Onyedikachi · Chemical Science International Journal · 2014

Corrosion Inhibition of phenolic extract of Gnetum africana on copper in 1.0 mol/dm3 ammonium hydroxide has been studied using gravimetric (weight-loss) and potentiodynamic polarization techniques. Inhibition efficiency increases with increase in inhibitor concentration, while co...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ACSJ/2014/11661

Quality Parameters of Biodiesel Produced from Locally Sourced Moringa oleifera and Citrullus colocynthis L. Seeds Found in Kaduna, Nigeria

A. O. Aliyu, J. M. Nwaedozie & Ahmed Adams · International Research Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry · 2013

Oils were extracted from Moringa oleifera and Citrullus colocythis L. (melon) seeds, using soxhlet extractor with n-hexane as solvent. The oil yield were; 51.00% and 50.87% for melon and moringa respectively. The oils physicochemical parameters such as moisture content, density a...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IRJPAC/2013/4425