The levels of sulphate, nitrate, and phosphate in soil samples taken from farmlands in Kaiama and Imiringi communities in Bayelsa State Nigeria, have been determined. Soil samples were taken from various depths using hand auger and analyzed for the above mentioned plant nutrients...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2023/v24i5822
Aims: Justicia secunda is a widely distributed plant that is used in the traditional improvement of well-being and treatment of several illnesses and diseases, including anemia. There is limited research on the effect of extracts of the plant on body and organ weights and their e...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2023/v24i5821
This study's objective is to determine how polluted the Ndambuk River in Busia County, Kenya, is with heavy metals and other physico-chemical parameters throughout both the dry and wet seasons. In every test point during the dry and wet seasons, turbidity was greater than the WHO...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2023/v24i5820
Complexes of nickel (II) and iron (III) are easily synthetized using the symmetrical ligand 1,5-bis(1-(pyridin-2-yl)ethylidene)carbonohydrazide) (H2L) and metal nitrate salts. Square [2x2] grids structure of one tetranuclear iron and one tetranuclear nickel complex were isolated....
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2023/v24i4819
Dyes are complex class of organic compound having wide range of applications in textile and food industries and a large amount of dyes are wasted, which get mixed in natural water resources, and pollute environment. Mixing of dyes in water resources must be prohibited for the saf...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2023/v24i4818
The research explores the synthesis and characterization of sodium gluconate as a retarding admixture for Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) and its impact on cement properties. The study found that sodium gluconate prolonged OPC's setting time, enhancing workability. Sodium gluconat...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2023/v24i4817
Lignin, an amorphous biopolymer is one of the major components of wood. In this study, lignin was extracted from Gmelina arborea wood using Soda and Kraft pulping processes. The lignin was characterized using Fourier Transformed Infrared Spectrometer (FTIR), UV/visible spectromet...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2023/v24i4816
In this research, the antioxidant activity and its correlation with the polyphenolic content in pumpkin leaf extracts (Cucurbita pepo L.) were examined. Dried and pulverized pumpkin leaves were used as extraction material. Various solvents (water, methanol, ethanol, acetone) and...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2023/v24i4815
The effects of varying concentration of Acrylamide copolymer (an effective fluid loss control additive) and temperature on fluid loss in oil well cementing was studied. The fluid loss of neat cement (Dyckerhoff Class G), fluid loss property of cement slurry with varying concentra...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2023/v24i3814
Aims: The general objective of this study was to evaluate heavy metals [Molybdenum (Mo), Cobalt (Co), Cadmium (Cd), Nickel (Ni), Antimony (Sb), Bismuth (Bi)] in the sediments of the Mfouati River near the area impacted by the mining operation. Study Design: The sediments were col...
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Research Article10.9734/irjpac/2023/v24i3813