Chemical analysis of raw and treated water from the Tamburawa water treatment plant was conducted twice a week for six consecutive weeks using Spectrophotometric measurement, to determine the level of Cr, Fe, and Pb in the water. The result of the study showed that the concentrat...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/17611
A very simple, ultra-sensitive and highly selective non-extractive spectrophotometric method is presented for the rapid determination of iron (III) at trace levels using ortho aminophenol or 2-aminophenol (OAP) as a new spectrophotometric reagent (lmax = 402 nm) in slightly acidi...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/16749
TiO2 singly doped and Co-doped nanoparticles with Pt+4, Au+4, and S-2 ions were prepared by modified Sol-Gel method. These samples characterized by Uv-visible adsorption spectroscopy and showed red-shift in absorption band of TiO2, XRD. showed clear anatase for all modified sampl...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/17082
In the present work, Zn/Al layered double hydroxide of ratio 2:1 was synthesis by co-precipitation method from their nitrate salts and utilized as adsorbent for the removal of lead ions from aqueous solution. The synthesized Zn/Al-CO3 was characterized by SEM, XRD and FTIR. The...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/18202
Oxovanadium (IV & V) complexes were synthesized from semi- and thiosemicarbazones (L1, HL2, HL3 and H2L4) derived from furan-2-carbaldehyde (L1, HL2) and pyrrole-2-carbaldehyde (HL3, H2L4). The solid isolated complexes were characterized through elemental analysis, UV-Visible...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/15615
Sorption Kinetics of monocrotophos in sandy soil was studied with the aim to establish its fate in the soil. The soil used was characterized with respect to soil pH, organic carbon, moisture, silt, clay and sand content. The sorption kinetic studies were carried out by observing...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/17495
Aims: To evaluate the emission characteristics and engine performance of neem oil biodiesel using a single cylinder one-stroke 165 jet diesel engine. Study Design: Automotive gas oil (AGO) was blended with neem oil biodiesel (NOB) in the following percentages (100:0; 90:10; 80:2...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/17740
Twelve polymeric complexes were prepared from the polymerization of phenylazo-3-N-(4-hydroxyphenyl) maleimide and Phenylazo-3-N-(3-hydroxyphenyl) maleimide, with salts of Cr3+, Co2+, Ni2+, Mn2+, Cu2+ and Fe2+ these complexes were characterized by U.V., I.R. spectroscopy, elementa...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/18107
Chemical treatments still constitute the main method used to control desert locust during the invasion phases. In addition to their relatively high costs, these pesticides are not target specific in the majority of the cases; they can have negative effects on the biotic and abiot...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/16556
An UV-VIS spectrophotometric investigation has been made to study the interaction and aggregation of anionic remazol brilliant violet-5R (RBV-5R) dye in acidic ethanol amine and tallow amine solutions. As a consequence of increasing the concentration of ethanol amine, the maximum...
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Research Article10.9734/ACSJ/2015/17172