CHEMISTRY PROJECT TOPICS AND MATERIALS IN NIGERIA | RESEARCH PROJECT TOPICS AND PROJECT TOPICS ON EDUCATION

141. PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT OF WATER SUPPLY DISTRIBUTION IN MINNA METROPOLIS

» ABSTRACT In this thesis, a diagnostic assessment of the entire water supply distribution network was carried out in order to evaluate problems associated with water supply in Minna. This assessment was carried out by conducting inventory of all the facilities in the entire water supply distribution network by onsite, physical and visual inspection of all the elements in the distribution system dur...Continue Reading »

50 pages | 489 engagements |

142. ASSESSMENT OF DRINKING WATER QUALITY

» CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Water quality refers to the chemical, physical and biological characteristics of water. It is a measure of the condition of water relative to the requirements of one or more biotic species and or to any human need or purpose. Water is essential to maintain and sustain human life, animal and plant (Patil and Patil, 2010). The availability of good...Continue Reading »

50 pages | 440 engagements |

143. CHARACTERISTISATION OF OIL EXTRACTED FROM ETHIOPIAN PEPPER (XYLOPIA AETHIOPICAL)

» CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Every food substance consumed by humans has either a therapeutic nutritional or toxic effect on the body. Those food substance when got in their crude form can be ofimmense help in the curing of some ailments plants have been used for therapeutic purposes and their uses are as old as the history of man. In the past decades, pharmacologists and organic chemists have syn...Continue Reading »

50 pages | 360 engagements |

144. EVALUATION OF SERUM LEVEL OF HOMOCYSTEINE, VITAMIN B12 AND ZINC IN PATIENTS WITH...

» ABSTRACT Stroke has been a global burden, with increasing morbidity and mortality. Several risk factors have been identified, which include: hyperhomocysteinaemia, hypovitaminosis B12, and low zinc levels, which are the now target of preventive strategies. Limited studies have been done on the risk factors (analytes) in our environment hence the current study was undertaken to evaluate the serum l...Continue Reading »

50 pages | 401 engagements |

145. A STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF DEPTH VARIATIONS ON THE CATHODIC PROTECTION OF BURIED P...

» ABSTRACT Cathodic protection is used for stabilizing buried metal pipeline. In this study, photovoltaic current was used for the cathodic protection of metallic pipes at Nsukka. This was achieved by identifying the effective depths at which anodes could be placed in order to achieve corrosion control of buried pipes. This improved on the monitoring of cathodic protection systems. Two steel pipes, ...Continue Reading »

50 pages | 510 engagements |

146. PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING, ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY AND ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITIES OF UNR...

» ABSTRACT The phytochemical, antioxidant, antimicrobial and antimalarial activities of the fluid inside an unripe coconut fluid were investigated and at the end of the day, the phytochemicals were found to be terpenoids, flavonoids, alkaloids, tannins and saponins and the percentage composition of these classes of compounds were also determined. This component of an unripe coconut had fluid which i...Continue Reading »

50 pages | 412 engagements |

147. NUTRITIONAL AND ANTINUTRITIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE SEED AND SEED OIL OF Citrullus e...

» ABSTRACT Attempt was made to determine the nutritional and anti nutritional composition of Wild melon (C. ecirrhosus ) popularly known as “Gunar shanu in Hausa land, using suitable methods of analyses. The results for proximate analyses (% DW) showed a composition of 3.73 ± moisture, 2.12 ± 0.08 ash content, 26.36 ± 0.10 crude protein, 50.67 ± crude lipid, 2.17 &p...Continue Reading »

50 pages | 413 engagements |

148. EVALUATION OF CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS and ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIES OF Mentha Spicata...

» ABSTRACT Evaluation of chemical composition of C. citratus and M. spicata, gave the following proximate composition on dry weight basis: moisture; (1.67±0.29%) and (2.67±0.29%), ash; (7.52±0.30%) and (24.4±0.35%), crude lipid; (6.67±0.28%) and (6.17±0.27%), crude fibre; (24.67±0.29%) and (2.67±0.29%), crude protein;(17.44±0.12%) and (2...Continue Reading »

50 pages | 344 engagements |

149. REMOVAL OF HEAVY METAL IONS FROM WASTE WATER USING A GROUNDNUT SHELL AND TEA BAG...

» ABSTRACT Sample of waste collected at Kanwuri Area Sokoto, was analyzed using a groundnut shell and tea bag as natural adsorbent, by adopting the method of atomic absorption spectrophotometry. And this research showed that groundnut shell and tea bag can be effectively used as an excellent adsorbent for the removal of Cu, Zn, Pb, and Cr, from aqueous solution. This study also highlights the effect...Continue Reading »

50 pages | 446 engagements |

150. THE PRODUCTION OF HOUSE HOLD COSMETICS, INCLUDE’S: SHOE POLISH, BAR SOAP AND B...

» ABSTRACT This project is on production of house hold cosmetics such as, Bar soap, Bleach, shoe polish. The project was divided in chapters for easy reading and understanding. The project went in details to narrate the procedure for production of each of the above mentioned house hold cosmetics. Each of production is listed step by step, so that any body that intends to make use of this project in ...Continue Reading »

50 pages | -1 engagements |

151. ASSESSMENT OF THE DIFFICULT AREAS OF THE SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL 2 (TWO) CHEMIST...

» ABSTRACT The senior secondary two chemistry course content of the Nigerian science curriculum was assessed using 10 (ten) selected secondary schools in North Central Nigeria, to determine areas of difficulty, magnitude and reasons for such perceived difficulty. Correlation between the students’ perceived difficulty and their achievement in a test and the relationship between the students&rsq...Continue Reading »

45 pages | 1,103 engagements |

152. STUDIES ON THE IMPACT RESISTANCE OF CASHEW NUTSHELL POWDER AND CALCIUM CARBONATE...

» ABSTRACT Mechanical and morphological properties of pure polypropylene (PP) polypropylene/calcium carbonate (PP/CaCO3) and polypropylene/cashew nutshell powder (PP/CNSP)are reported in this work. The composites were prepared by compression moulding technique. The compressed moulded articles that is the PP, (PP/CaCO3) and (PP/CNSP) of different compositions (10/90, 20/80, 30/70, 40/60, 50/50, 60/40...Continue Reading »

50 pages | 328 engagements |

153. OPTIMIZATION OF BIODIESEL PRODUCTION FROM YELLOW OLEANDER AND CASTOR OILS AND ST...

» Abstract The optimization of biodiesel production from two non edible oils and studies of their fuel and biodegradability properties was carried out. The two oil feedstocks (Yellow oleander and Castor oils) were extracted from their seeds using an oil expeller and their physicochemical properties such as iodine value, moisture content, saponification value, acid value, viscosity, specific gravity ...Continue Reading »

50 pages | 356 engagements |

154. PHYTOCHEMICAL AND ANTIMICROBIAL STUDIES OF THE METHANOL EXTRACT OF THE ROOT OF N...

» ABSTRACT The extracts of the root part of Napoleonaea heudelotii were subjected to phytochemical and anti microbial studies. Extraction was done by continuous Soxhlet extraction using methanol. The phytochemical screening of the crude methanol extract, chloroform and ethyl acetate fractions revealed the presence of carbohydrate, cardiac glycosides, saponins, steroids, triterpenes, flavonoids and t...Continue Reading »

50 pages | 344 engagements |

155. ANALYSIS OF EFFLUENT CONTAMINATION OF ALESA RIVER IN BURUTU LOCAL GOVERNMENT ARE...

» ABSTRACT Water sample were collected along these river at various location, and were studied. The parameters determined were P4, temperature, conductivity, total hardness, alkalinity, ca hardness, maghardwen Cation (Pb2+ Fe2+ Cu2+) were also determined using atomic absorption spectrometry (DDS). From the analysis showed that PH ranges from 6.10 – 6.80 temperature from 63.10 us/cm – &nd...Continue Reading »

50 pages | 358 engagements |

156. FORMULATION OF ARTIST PAINT – APPLIED CHEMISTRY PROJECT TOPICS AND MATERIALS

» ABSTRACT This study was carried out principally for the formulation of artist paint using available raw materials. Paint simplified is a material which may be applied to surfaces in relatively thin layers and which changes to a solid and may occur by evaporation of solvents, by chemical reaction or by combination of the two. Artist paint is the paint used by artists to do their paintings. These pa...Continue Reading »

50 pages | 394 engagements |

157. THE EFFECT OF OIL SPILLAGE ON SOIL PROPERTIES AND PLANT PERFORMANCE IN WARRI ARE...

» ABSTRACT The effect of oil spillage and other industrial wastes on our environment have been a major concern in the Warri area. This write up provides a detailed study of oil spillage. It also contain an overview of soil composition and fertility in the Warri area. Finally this project highlighted the consequences of oil spillage on soil and crop performance in the Warri area. The effectiveness of...Continue Reading »

50 pages | 961 engagements |

158. ANALYSIS OF THE EXTRACTS OF THE SEEDS OF CASSIA OCCIDENTALIS FOR ALKALOIDS

» ABSTRACT The isolation and detection of alkaloid from the plant seed of Cassia occidentalis from leguminosae family was carried out using solvent extraction process. The dried powdered seed was soaked in a sample bottle using 1, 1 dichloromethane. After 3 days of occasional shaking, it was filtered, and the crude alkaloid was extracted using batch method. Purification process of the crude alkaloid...Continue Reading »

50 pages | 340 engagements |

159. DETERMINATION OF HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION OF WELL WATER IN ABAKPA AREA OF ENUGU...

» ABSTRACT The aims of this research work were; to determine possible heavy metal contaminant of well water in Abakpa area of Enugu metropolis and to inform the community and others of their health effect. Well water was collected after an extended stagnation (overnight) from a closed well behind kerosene bus stop at Abakpa. The sampling was limited by the high cost of the reagent needed for the lab...Continue Reading »