Catastrophic release of diesel and fuel oil from their storage tanks can lead disasters to human, property and the environment. Thus consequences analysis of the accident has significant importance to human communities living in the surrounding area and the authorities involved i...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/22091
Biosorption of copper on raw and activated (AC) spines of Bombax buonopozense in a batch system was studied. The percentage removal of copper was found to be a function of pH, contact time, dosage, initial metal concentration and temperature. The experimental results were analyze...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2014/12083
Vegetable often mean an edible part of a plant other than a sweet fruit or seed, which typically implies the leaf, stem or root of a plant. This study was carried out to evaluate the contributions of Nigerian leafy vegetables to nutrition and health. The mineral composition of fo...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaar/2019/v11i330057
Zinc Chloride, Sodium Sulphate and Boric acid were used as activating agents for coconut shell. The activated carbons prepared from the mentioned activating agents labelled AC1, AC2, and AC3 were tested for their adsorptive capacities compared with commercially activated carbon (...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2016/22558
Nigeria is ranked the seventh largest exporter of crude oil in the world. On a daily basis, it produces over two million barrels of crude Oil from hundreds of Oil wells drilled in the Niger Delta area. Not a single of these Oil wells are drilled without the use of Bentonite. Bent...
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Research Article10.9734/BJAST/2011/445