CHEMISTRY PROJECT TOPICS AND RESEARCH MATERIALS

• 21. THE USE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS FOR REDUCING UNDERAGE PREGNANCY

  » ABSTRACT This study “The Use of Public Relations for reducing Underage Pregnancy”, suggests the role of public relations mechanism in reducing if not completely eradicating the issue of underage pregnancy in Etinan Urban I, Etinan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. It is a thing of concern that underage pregnancy is prevailing in our society. Thus, this research suggests ways in...Continue Reading »

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• 22. PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING OF WATER EXTRACT OF PUMPKIN LEAVES

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Telfairia occidentalis is widely cultivated for its palatable and nutritious leaves. The leaves when prepared with other tropical vegetables have high value. Its protein content (21%) is higher than those of other commonly used leafy vegetables. The leaves are rich in vitamins and minerals such as Ca, p, fe etc. the seed is also eaten as food. The oil obtained from the see...Continue Reading »

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• 23. ETHANOL PRODUCTION FROM YAM PEELS

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY The world is becoming more complex and more waste is generated everyday due to the increasing population without making adequate preparation for means of proper disposal thereby constituting nuisance to the environment liens the need to convert some of these waste (yam peel) to useful product (ethanol). Yam are grown in limited areas of the tropics,...Continue Reading »

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• 24. EXTRACTION OF LOIGNIN FROM COCOA POD HUSK THEOBROMA CACAO)

  » ABSTRACT Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) fruits are the important commodity of economic value since the seeds or beans is used to produce high demand products such as cocoa powder, butter and chocolate. The processing of cocoa fruits generates a large amount of cocoa pod husk discard as wastes (Alemawor et al., 2009). Cocoa pod husk represents between 70 to 75% of the whole cocoa fruit weight where eac...Continue Reading »

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• 25. ASSESSMENT OF POLLUTION STATUS IN ASHA AND SABOEREGI MINING AREAS OF NIGER STATE...

  » Abstract This research work investigated the water and soil pollution status of Asha and Saboeregi mining areas of Niger State using standard analytical methods. The physicochemical parameters of water (pH, turbidity, total dissolved solids, electrical conductivity, dis solved oxygen, chloride, alkalinity, sulphide, colour, suspended solid, total solid, bio chemical oxygen demand, chemical oxygen ...Continue Reading »

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• 26. ASSESSMENT OF THE QUALITY AND STABILITY OF ETHANOL EXTRACTS OF CONOIDES MILLER A...

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Food Additives Food additives are substances usually added to foods in small quantities during the process of production, storage and/or packaging in order to improve the appearance, texture, taste, colour, smell, durability, or nutritional value (FI, 2010). In the United States, colours added to foods are referred to as food additives under the 1958 Food, Drug, an...Continue Reading »

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• 27. ASSESSMENT OF THE QUALITY OF SOAPS PRODUCED FROM BLENDS OF Butyrospermum parkii ...

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0: INTRODUCTION Soap may be defined as a chemical compound or mixture of chemical compounds resulting from the interaction of fatty acids or fatty glycerides with a metal radical or organic base (Kirk Othman, 1963). Soaps are mainly used as surfactants for washing, bathing, and cleaning, but they are also used in textile spinning and are important components of lubricants. Soaps for ...Continue Reading »

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• 28. DETERMINATION OF IRRADIATED CONTROL ROD WORTH OF NIGERIAN RESEARCH REACTOR – 1...

  » CHAPTER ONE I.0 INTRODUCTION I.1 Background Meat and meat products are important for the human diet because they provide the needed proteins, minerals, and trace elements. Meat and meat products are extremely perishable mainly because of preservation app. licenses are hard to come by and where they are available, erratic power supply in the country is the main problem. Many methods of preserving m...Continue Reading »

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• 29. DETERMINATION OF PROXIMATE COMPOSITION, MINERAL ELEMENTS, HEAVY METAL LEVELS AND...

  » CHAPTER ONE I.0 INTRODUCTION I.1 Background Meat and meat products are important for the human diet because they provide the needed proteins, minerals and trace elements. Meat and meat products are extremely perishable mainly because preservation app.liances are hard to come by and where they are available, erratic power supply in the country is a main problem. Many methods of preserving meat have...Continue Reading »

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• 30. DETERMINATION OF SOME HEAVY METALS IN DUMPSITE SOIL AND Abelmochus esculentus FR...

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Heavy Metal Pollution Pollution is the cause of many diseases, which affect not only the old but also the young, the energetic likewise animals and plants (Kanmony, 2009). Pollution is a worldwide problem and its potential in influencing the health of human population is great (Khan and Ghouri, 2011). The impact of pollution on overcrowded cities as a result of ind...Continue Reading »

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• 31. IN VITRO PREPARATIONS AND STUDIES ON THE SUBSTITUTION OF CADMIUM AND LEAD IONS O...

  » ABSTRACT The hydrothermal and wet precipitation methods are successful routes to synthesize high purity hydroxyapatite (HA) as well as Cadmium and Lead doped hydroxyapatites at physiological conditions. In this research, Ca(NO3)2.4H2O and NH4H2PO4 were chosen as the precursor materials used to synthesize HA. HA was first synthesized via optimization of the wet precipitation method under vigorous s...Continue Reading »

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• 32. KINETICS AND MECHANISMS OF THE OXIDATION OF AMINOCARBOXYLATOCOBALTATE(II) COMPLE...

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Electron transfer (ET) the reaction is simply the transfer of electrons between two species like ions, molecules, biological systems etc. The reaction usually involves rearrangement and transfer of outermost shell electrons of reacting species in order to gain stability. Thus, oxidation is the loss of electrons while reduction is the gain of electrons (Wong et al., 200...Continue Reading »

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• 33. KINETICS AND MECHANISMS OF THE REDOX REACTIONS OF 2,6-DICHLOROPHENOL INDOPHENOL ...

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Inorganic chemistry is the chemistry of all elements in the periodic table and the compounds they form based on the concept of structure, bonding and reactivity (Cox, 2004). Areas of research in inorganic chemistry includes organometallic chemistry, synthetic inorganic chemistry, cluster chemistry, bioinorganic chemistry, industrial chemistry, kinetic and mechanistic i...Continue Reading »

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• 34. QUANTUM MODELING OF SOME POTENT NON-TOXIC ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS COMPOUNDS

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Despite the fact that tuberculosis (TB) has been recognized for thousands of years and despite the fact that the etiological agent has been identified since earliest days of medical biology, the global the burden of TB continues to loom as one of the largest among infectious diseases, with an enormous toll in morbidity and mortality (Leonard...Continue Reading »

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• 35. REMOVAL OF SOME HEAVY METALS FROM CONTAMINATED SOILS USING TWO COMPLEXING AGENTS

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Industrial development and urbanization have led to an increase in the number of solid wastes frequently discharged into the natural environment. This has increased the amount of many chemical substances in the environment. The chemical substances which are of great environmental interest are heavy metals. Heavy metals are of special interest because of the major risks...Continue Reading »

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• 36. SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF SOME AMPHIPHILIC STYRYL DYES AND THEIR APPLICA...

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Dyes A dye is a coloured compound that has an affinity and able to be retained on the substrateto which it is applied. The dye is generally applied in an aqueous solution, and may require a mordant to improve the fastness of the dye on the fibre.Both dyes and pigments appear to be coloured because they selectively absorb some wavelength of visible light. In contras...Continue Reading »

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• 37. CHEMISTRY OF TRAMADOL

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Tramadol hydrochloride [TMH], chemically known as [1R,2R] vel 2 [dimethlamino] 1 [3 methoxyphecy] cynonexanol[figure]is a synthetic analog of codine and is a antrally acting analgestic agent. It is metabolized by the cytochrome P450 enzyme system in the liver to form eleven metabolites of which 0 desmethyl tramadol [M1] predominate and has analgesic properties It has been ...Continue Reading »

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• 38. ORGANOIRON COMPLEXES AND THEIR APPLICATIONS

  » INTRODUCTION 1.1 COORDINATION COMPOUNDS The transition metals and ions have a much higher tendency to form coordination compounds as compared to the S and P block elements. It is because of their relatively smaller sizes, higher ionic charges, and the availability of d orbital for bond formation. Coordination compounds, unlike normal compounds, retain their identity even when dissolving in water o...Continue Reading »

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• 39. SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF METRONIDAZOLE (FLAGYL) DRUG – METAL COMPLEXE...

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.l INTRODUCTION Antibiotics belong to a class of compounds of biosynthetic or semi synthetic in nature. Most of them are produced by various species of microorganisms and other living synthetics and are capable in small concentrations of inhibiting the growth of or killing bacteria and other micro organisms. An extensive review on the metal complexes of various antibiotics was publish...Continue Reading »

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• 40. NON-PHOTO-CATALYTIC DEGRADATION OF METHYLENE BLUE IN SOLUTION USING COPPER II OX...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTIONWater pollution occurs when harmful substances often chemicals or microorganisms contaminate a water body degrading water quality and rendering it toxic to humans or the environment. Water bodies include for example lakes, rivers, oceans, aquifers and ground water. Water pollution results when pollutants are introduced into the natural environment, for example releasing ina...Continue Reading »

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