CHEMISTRY PROJECT TOPICS AND RESEARCH MATERIALS

• 101. ASSESSMENT OF EUTROPHICATION LEVEL OF MUNICIPAL SURFACE WATER IN ABUJA NIGERIA.

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Eutrophication is the natural process whereby a confined water body (e.g. lake or dam) ages with time due to accumulation of silt or organic matter in the lake (Ademoroti, 1996). A young lake is characterized by low nutrient level and consequently low plant productivity and at this stage is described as oligotrophic (few food) lake. The water body gradually acquires in...Continue Reading »

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• 102. PHYTOCHEMICAL AND ANTIMICROBIAL STUDIES OF THE METHANOL EXTRACT OF THE ROOT OF N...

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Medicinal plants have been identified and used throughout human history. Plants have the ability to synthesize a wide variety of chemical compounds that are used to perform important biological functions, and to defend against attack from predators such as insects, fungi and herbivorous mammals (Babalola, 2009). Chemical compounds in plant mediate their effects on the ...Continue Reading »

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• 103. EVALUATION OF SOME HEAVY METALS CONCENTRATE IN CHOCOLATE, CANDIES AND TOMATO PUR...

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND Recently, there is an increasing concern about the quality of imported foods and food related products in several parts of the world (Maxwell and Neumann, 2009) particularly from China. This, as observed by the United States Congress, was due to the large size of shipments, the many different routes of entry, the variety of foods imported, and the large ...Continue Reading »

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• 104. PRODUCTION OF SURFACE SHINE (POLISH).

  » ABSTRACT This project is aimed at producing a good quality surface shine (polish) of long lasting value. For clarity, polish is a substance rubbed on the surface of materials to make them smooth and shinny. Polish has being of immense importance in protecting leather cum wooden surface and enhancing their beauty. To produce a stander polish, hard waxes such as carndube wax, candlhla wax and palm w...Continue Reading »

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• 105. EVALUATION OF SOME CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS OF SELECTED ENERGY DRINKS

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Energy drinks refer to beverages that contain large doses of caffeine and other legal stimulants such as taurine, carbohydrates, glucuronolactone, inositol, niacin, panthenol, and β complex vitamins which are considered as source of energy (Attila and Çakir, 2009). The consumption of readily available energy drinks has increased significantly with young adults ...Continue Reading »

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• 106. ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS FROM STEMBARK EXTRACT OF U...

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Over the years the world traditional medicine has been known to take its source from higher plants and their extracts in the treatment of diseases and infections (Sofowora, 1983). Until 19th century, when the development of chemistry and synthetic organic chemistry started, medicinal plants were the sources of active materials used in healing and curing human diseases....Continue Reading »

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• 107. EVALUATION OF SOME HEAVY METALS CONCENTRATIONS IN CHOCOLATE, CANDIES AND TOMATO ...

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND Recently, there is an increasing concern about the quality of imported foods and food related products in several parts of the world (Maxwell and Neumann, 2009) particularly from China. This, as observed by the United States Congress, was due to the large size of shipments, the many different routes of entry, the variety of foods imported, and the large ...Continue Reading »

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• 108. EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON THE YIELD OF SHEA BUTTER IN AN UNBAFFLED VESSEL AT SELE...

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND Shea butter has been a traditional heritage of Africa from time immemorial. The triglyceride which contains a high amount of vitamin A, E, F and some other valuable nutrients is widely used in cosmetics and pharmaceuticals, as well as for domestic use in cooking. Nigeria (as well as many other West African countries) is blessed with abundance of the shea...Continue Reading »

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• 109. HEALTH IMPLICATION OF STEROID FATTENED LIVESTOCK AND THEIR IMPLICATION

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1BACKGROUND OF STUDY Hormones are chemicals produced by animals to co ordinate their physiological activities. They acts as messengers, produced in and released from one kind of tissue to gradually stimulate or inhibit some process in a different tissue over a long period. The importance of individual hormones varies between sexes and age and a disruption of the endo...Continue Reading »

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• 110. SCREENING OF PROXIMATE CONSTITUENTS OF THE LEAF EXTRACTS OF SIMAROUBA GLAUCA WHI...

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.1 INTRODUCTION Plants undergo photosynthesis and they constitute a primary resource of carbon, vitamins, minerals, protein, essential fatty acids, and utilizable energy for food production (Young and Pelett, 1994). Plants have played a significant role in maintaining the health and improving the quality of human life for thousands of years. (Mishra, 2010). They provide a major source...Continue Reading »

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• 111. CHARACTERISATION OF CLAY DEPOSIT IN GWANDU TOWN OF KEBBI STATE AND ITS POTENTIAL...

  » CHAPTER ONE Introduction and literature review 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Research Background A ceramic is an earthy material usually of silicate nature and may be defined as a combination of one or more metals with a non metallic element usually oxygen. The American ceramic society (1986) had defined ceramics as inorganic non metallic materials, which are typically crystalline in nature, and are compou...Continue Reading »

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• 112. PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING AND ANTIBACTERIAL STUDIES OF EUPHORBIA BALSAMIFERA LEAVE...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION AND LITERATURE REVIEW 1.1 Introduction Plants have long served mankind as sources of food, shelter and medical agents. The medicinal plants have been used for many years in daily life to treat diseases all over the world (Ates and Erzdogrul, 2003). According to reports of the World Health Organisation, 80% of the world’s population relies mainly on traditional therap...Continue Reading »

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• 113. ALIPHATIC AND AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS

  » INTRODUCTION ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON In organic chemistry, hydrocarbons (compounds composed of carbon and hydrogen) are divided into two classes: aromatic compounds and aliphatic compounds also known as non aromatic compounds. Aliphatics can be cyclic, but only aromatic compounds contain an especially stable ring of atoms, such as benzene. Aliphatic compounds can be saturated, like hexane, or unsatu...Continue Reading »

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• 114. EXTRACTION AND ESTIMATION OF VITAMIN C CONTENT IN TANGERINE JUICE

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION OF TANGERINE Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Sapindales Family: Rutaceae Genus: Citrus Species: C reticulate Binomial name: Citrus reticulate 1.1 HISTORY AND ORIGIN OF TANGERINE Tangerine, which are native to Japan since the sixteenth century; belong to the mandarine orange family that has flourished in the ori...Continue Reading »

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• 115. PRODUCTION OF SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS (LAUNDRY SOAP) IN CHEMISTRY LABORATORY

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Soap is a universal surface active agent and is use in many household and industries. There are many types of soap based on the method of production and the materials used. Soap can be prepared in a small scale or large scale. The small scale process can be done either at home or laboratory following the scientific and technical process. The mak...Continue Reading »

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• 116. ASSESSMENT OF EUTROPHICATION LEVEL OF MUNICIPAL SURFACE WATER IN ABUJA NIGERIA

  » ABSTRACT The level of some nutrient elements in Abuja surface water were investigated for six months to determine the eutrophication profile and make logical inference on the fate of surface water system in the nearest future. Samplings were done monthly for a period of six months covering October to March and standard methods were used for the measurement of some nutrients constituting the indice...Continue Reading »

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• 117. EFFECT OF ACRYLIC POLYMER DISPERSIONS ON WATER VAPOUR PERMEABILITY AND SOME OTHE...

  » Abstract The effect of acrylic polymer dispersions on the water vapour permeability and some other properties of finished leathers have been studied. An acrylic based commercial binder AE 558 Nycil has been characterized and its effect when applied in a finish formulation on some of the physical properties of originally retanned leathers was investigated. The binder was found to have an intrinsic ...Continue Reading »

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• 118. PHYTOCHEMICAL AND ANTIMICROBIAL SCREENING OF THE STEM BARK EXTRACTS) OF INDIGOFE...

  » ABSTRACT The Pulverized stem bark of Indigofera arrecta was exhaustively extracted with methanol and concentrated in vacuo using rotary evaporator at 40 0C.The extract was later subjected to solvent partitioning to yield soluble extracts of n hexane, ethyl acetate, chloroform, and methanol. General phytochemical screening of the fractions revealed the presence of secondary metabolites such as card...Continue Reading »

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• 119. Theory Of Dilute Solution

  » Introduction: The knowledge of the laws of solutions has been said, to be important because almost all the chemical processes which occur in nature, whether in animal or vegetable organisms, or in the non living surface of the earth, and also those which are carried out in the laboratory, take place between substances in solution. For example, a sound judgment regarding physiological processes is ...Continue Reading »

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• 120. Production of Antiseptic (Disinfectant) Products

  » CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY Antiseptics are chemical agents of disinfection that are mild enough to be used on human skin or tissues. They are crucial in the prevention of wound infections, colonization of medical devices as well as nosocomial and community transmission of microorganisms (Cairncross S, 2000). Because of these crucial roles, they are expected to be of optim...Continue Reading »

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