ABSTRACT Roadside soil samples were obtained from Eka Street, Oron Road, Ikot Ekpene Road and Nwaniba Road within Uyo metropolis, Akwa Ibom State. Roadside soils were also obtained from Uwana Lane and used as Control. These samples and Control were analysed for the concentration of Cadmium (Cd), Nickel (Ni), Lead (Pb), Zinc (Zn) and Iron using... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT The aim of this research was to characterize some Portland cements (Bua, Dangote and Sokoto cement) sold in Sokoto city using standard methods; due to the persistent collapse of buildings. The results showed that Sokoto cement recorded the least CaO content (58.99%) while Dangote cement had the highest CaO content being 61.56%. All the... Continue Reading
A RESEARCH PROJECT REPORT ABSTRACT This study was to determine the concentration of trace metal (Cd, Pb, Fe, Cu and Zn) in the skin and kidney of a cowmeat. The analysis was carried out using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS). The concentration of... Continue Reading
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Cassava (Manihot esculenta crantz) is a perennial crop native to tropical America [1, 2]. It originated from Brazil and was introduced to Africa by Portuguese traders in the 16° century... Continue Reading
CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Bioactive plants are commonly used by traditional healers or in folklore medicines for the relief of pain or some alignments. This act of m edication has made some plant families popular (Heinrich 2000; Kuete et al ., 2006).The acceptance of traditional medicine as an alternative form of health care has assisted... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT This research work is on the preliminary determination of active components in bitter leaf root ( vernonia amygdalina ) in the treatment of diabetes. Deficiency of hormone (insulin) causes diabetes mellitus, a disease due to too much of sugar being present in the blood. This is because without insulin in the body, the result is that sugar... Continue Reading
Mechanochemical synthesis of [Cu(OOCCH3)2(THB)2] and theMechanochemical synthesis of [Cu(OOCCH3)2(THB)2] were carried out, and a brown solid complexes obtained in both experiment was washed in ethanol respectively. The physical and instrumental characterisation of the complexes carried out revealed that the complexes obtained are the same... Continue Reading
Abstracts Evaluation of anthropogenically enhanced naturally occurring radionuclides 238U, 232Th and 40K present in Lagos beach sediment (Eleko and Elegushi) were analyzed with gamma ray spectrometer using a highly shielded NaI (TI) detector with the objective of evaluating the environmental radiological hazard. Mineralogical analysis and... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT Roadside soil samples were obtained from Eka Street, Oron Road, Ikot Ekpene Road and Nwaniba Road within Uyo metropolis, Akwa Ibom State. Roadside soils were also obtained from Uwana Lane and used as Control. These samples and Control were analysed for the concentration of Cadmium (Cd), Nickel (Ni), Lead (Pb), Zinc (Zn) and Iron using... Continue Reading
This project work was carried out to determine the cyanide content in some bitter cassava species in parts of Ohimini L.G.A of Benue State and finding out the best method to considerably reduce the high content in the cassava.... Continue Reading
TABLE OF CONTENT Pages Title Page i Certification ii Dedication iii Acknowledgements iv Table of Contents v Abstract vii CHAPTER ONE 1.0 Introduction/Background of Study 1 1.1 Aim 4 1.2 Statement of Research Objective 4 1.3 Scope of Study 5 1.4 Literature Review 5 1.4.1 Structure and Composition of Lignocellulose Biomass 6 1.4.2 Cellulose 6 1.4.3... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT Poultry eggs are eaten in most areas of the world with fewer social taboos associated with them than pigs and cattle. The most commonly used bird eggs are those from chicken. In Nigeria, the domestic foul dominates the poultry industry. Of the 120 million indigenous poultry population in Nigeria, the domestic fowl constitutes about 91 %... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT The proximate compositions of African elemi nut were investigated by analyzing the moisture content, crude fat, ash content, crude fibre, crude protein and total carbohydrates in the nut. The associations of official analytical chemist (AOAC, 2000) methods were used. The values obtained from the proximate analysis were; moisture content... Continue Reading
CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 NICKEL 1.1.1 Occurrence Nickel (Ni) is a metallic element,with atomic number 28; atomic weight 58.69. Is a metal, which belongs to group VIIIB of the periodic table. The most important oxidation state of nickel is +2, although the +3 and +4 oxidation states are also known (Tundermann et al., 2005). Nickel resembles... Continue Reading
comparative study of disinfectant efficiency of ethanol, bleach,phenolic is my project topic from covenant polytechnic aba, abia state.... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT Adansonia digitata L. (Malvaceae) is commonly known as baobab tree native to Africa. Baobab is a multi-purpose tree which offers protection and provides food, clothing and medicine as well as raw material for many useful items. This study aims to elucidate the metal chelating and ferric reducing potentials of methanol extracts of... Continue Reading
SYNTHESIS AND 1 HNMR CHARACTERIZATION OF Co(II) AND Fe(II) COMPLEXES OF MIXED SCHIFF BASE LIGAND DERIVED FROM SALICYLALDEHYDE AND 2-HYDROXY-1-NAPHTHALDEHYDE WITH 2-AMINOPHENOL A RESEARCH PROJECT BY NKEMJIKA, EMMANUEL EKE 12/SC/CH/256 SUBMITTED TO DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY FACULTY OF SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF UYO, UYO AKWA IBOM STATE IN PARTIAL... Continue Reading
Abstracts Evaluation of anthropogenically enhanced naturally occurring radionuclides 238U, 232Th and 40K present in Lagos beach sediment (Eleko and Elegushi) were analyzed with gamma ray spectrometer using a highly shielded NaI (TI) detector with the objective of evaluating the environmental radiological hazard. Mineralogical analysis and... Continue Reading
ANALYSIS OF TRACEMETALS IN MUSCLE AND LIVER OF COWMEAT PURCHASE FROM URUA IKOT OSURUA. A RESEARCH PROJECT ABSTRACT The concentration of trace metals (cadmium, Lead, Iron, Copper and Zinc) in two organ (muscle and liver) from cow meat obtained from urua Ikot Osurua was determined using Atomic absorption spectrophotometer. Their result was as... Continue Reading
Sorption and desorption of rifampicin was assessed on three different soil. Sorption mechanism was studied in terms of equilibrium and kinetics at different pH. Linear, Freundlich and Langmuir isotherm models were adopted to study the isotherm. The experimental data were best described by pseudo-second order kinetics (R 2 = 1.00). It was observed... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT The aim of this research was to characterize some Portland cements (Bua, Dangote and Sokoto cement) sold in Sokoto city using standard methods; due to the persistent collapse of buildings. The results showed that Sokoto cement recorded the least CaO content (58.99%) while Dangote cement had the highest CaO content being 61.56%. All the... Continue Reading
Abstract Development of improved methods for the synthesis of copper nanoparticles is of high priority for the advancement of material science and technology. Herein, starch-protected zero-valent copper (Cu) nanoparticles have been successfully synthesized by a novel facile route. The method is based on the chemical reduction in aqueous copper... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT The aim of this research was to characterize some Portland cements (Bua, Dangote and Sokoto cement) sold in Sokoto city using standard methods; due to the persistent collapse of buildings. The results showed that Sokoto cement recorded the least CaO content (58.99%) while Dangote cement had the highest CaO content being 61.56%. All the... Continue Reading