Study of thiamine ferrous complex is carried out by intensive use of cyclic voltammetry. The different mole ratio of ferrous thiamine complexes is assessed. Acidified KCl (1M) solution is used as supporting electrolyte. Mole ratio of complex is established 1:2 (thamine: Ferrous i...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2014/10977
Aims: To study the possibility of using biochar as an inexpensive sorbent material for the removal of copper ions in aqueous solution. Place of Study: Department of Chemistry, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. Methodology and Results: Batch adsorption studies were...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2014/11079
The young and old stock stem barks of Parinari polyandra Benth. were air-dried, chopped into smaller pieces and cold extracted exhaustively with ethanol. The phytochemical screening of the crude extracts was carried out using standard procedures while the young stem bark crude ex...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2014/11267
Commercial kaolin (Al2Si2O5(OH)4), a clay mineral obtained on the Upper Plateau (Jos, Central Nigeria) was characterized for physical properties such as moisture content (= 1.30%), sieved particle size (= 150µm) and (Apparent Bulk Density (= 0.40g/cm3) and compared to CaCO3, a r...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2014/11156
A study of heavy metals in roadside soils is critical in assessing the potential environmental impacts of automobile emission on the soil. This study is aimed at analyzing heavy metal pollutants that may be present in roadside dust samples in Jimeta/ Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria....
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2014/9359
The importation and refurbishing of second-hand electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) is a major concern all over the world and Nigeria is not in exception owing to the generation of e-wastes. The assessment of the levels of Pb, Cr, Ni, Cd and Zn in the dust at dismantling si...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2014/7694
In order to reveal adsorbed states of water molecules on faujasite-type zeolites (FAU) systematically, twenty five kinds of FAU were prepared in this study: Na ions in FAU with Si/Al ratios of 1.0, 1.2, 1.7, 2.4, and 3.5 were exchanged by each Li, K, Rb, and Cs ions. High-resolut...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2014/10212
The study examined the concentration of heavy metals [Cd, Co. Cu, Pb, Ni, Mn, Pb and Zn) in dumpsite soil and waterleaf [Talinum triangulare) growing wildly on Oke-ogi dumpsite, Osun state, Nigeria. Soil samples from different layers [0-15cm, 15-30 cm and 30-45 cm) were collected...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2014/11063
Differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetric-differential thermal analysis, and X-ray diffraction measurements were performed on cesium hydrogen sulfate (CsHSO4) and deuterated CsDSO4 crystals. The proton and deuterated compounds were confirmed to exhibit the superionic p...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2014/11331
The adsorption characteristics of arsenic on neem bark, a low-cost natural adsorbent, were studied in the laboratory scale using real-life sample. Neem bark has tremendous potential as a remediation material for the removal of arsenic from groundwater. The present work investigat...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2014/2713
Aim: To develop and validate a stability indicating HPLC method for simultaneous estimation of metformin hydrochloride (MET) and glyburide (GLY) in their combined drug product. Study Design: All variables were studied to optimize the chromatographic conditions. Place and Duration...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2014/10301
Aims: To determine levels of Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA), Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), Tertiary butyl hydroquinone (TBHQ) in food items sold in supermarkets in Bindura town, Zimbabwe. Study Design: Reversed phase HPLC-UV quantitation. Place and Duration of Study: Department...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2014/10419
A simple HPLC with UV detection method is developed and validated for determination of Bovine Serum Albumin and Myoglobin proteins in a standard solution of the two protein as well as in a plasma spiked with theses two proteins. Separation was achieved on a reversed-phase C18, 5....
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2014/9391
Aims: The present study was aimed to investigate the adsorption capacity of Granular activated carbon (GAC) of coconut shell and coal ash for acidic dye. Methodology: Acid orange 7 dye is used as an adsorbate for the present study. Operating parameters such as pH, effective dosag...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2014/5772
In this paper, the angular dependence of the etching rate is applied in the three-dimensional simulations of the profile evolution during etching process. Etching rates are determined from the silicon symmetry properties by the interpolation technique using experimentally obtaine...
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Research Article10.9734/IRJPAC/2014/8704