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

41. THE IMPACT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT STUDIES AMONG STUDENTS TERTIARY INSTI...

» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Entrepreneurship is considered to be an individual’s capacity to turn ideas into action. The concept of entrepreneurship is broken down to mean creativity, innovation and the ability to achieve set objectives and become self reliant or independent. This is in line with everyone in day to day activities in the society. Entrepreneurship has ...Continue Reading »

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42. THE INHIBITORY EFFECT OF ETHANOLIC EXTRACT OF MORINGA OLEIFERA LEAF ON THE CORRO...

» CHAPTER ONE – INTRODUCTION1.1 Background of studyCorrosion of materials has continued to receive interest in the technological world as its elects on the structural integrity of materials has been aquestion for some time. Metallic materials are still the most widely used group of materials particularly in mechanical engineering and the transportationindustry. In addition, metals are commonly...Continue Reading »

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43. THE PHYSIO CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF RAIN WATER

» CHAPTER ONE1.0 INTRODUCTIONAcid rain has become a phenomenon that draws a lot of attention. Even recently, there was a panic in the country and in the world at large as forcast was made of deadly dangers associated with acid rain. The prediction was that the initial or first would be acidic. The U.S department of energy estimates that since 1960, there have been more than four thousand (>4000) ...Continue Reading »

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44. EXTRACTION OF ALKALOIDS FROM THREE NIGERIAN PLANTS, KOLA ACCUMINATA (OJI IGBO), ...

» CHAPTER ONE 1.1 INTRODUCTION Alkaloids are a class of organic compounds that typically contain nitrogen and have complex ring structures. They occur naturally in seed bearing plants and are found in berries, bark, fruits, roots and leaves. That is, they are derived from plants. Often, they are bases that have some physiological effects. Many of the earliest isolated pure compounds with biological ...Continue Reading »

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45. PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING AND ANTIMICROBIAL SCREENING OF ANCHOMANES DIFFORMIS LEAV...

» CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTIONThe ultimate aim of scientific investigation about plants is to make active ingredients which are very useful in production of some chemical compounds which on the other hand contribute immensely in enhancing the standard of some chemical industries in Nigeria and the world at large. Most of these chemical compounds are used largely in production of modern commercially ...Continue Reading »

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46. THE PHYSIOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF RAIN WATER

» CHAPTER ONE1.0 INTRODUCTIONAcid rain has become a phenomenon that draws a lot of attention. Even recently, there was a panic in the country and in the world at large as forecast was made of deadly dangers associated with acid rain. The prediction was that the initial or first would be acidic.The U.S department of energy estimates that since 1960, there have been more than four thousand (>4000) ...Continue Reading »

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47. PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT OF WATER SUPPLY DISTRIBUTION IN MINNA METROPOLIS, A RESE...

» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 PREAMBLE Water is a primary life giving resource. Its availability is an essential component in socio economic development and poverty reduction. Water is fundamental to our way of life at whatever point in the socio economic spectrum a community may be situated. The essential paradox of water supply in developing countries is that, in one sense, everyone has a water s...Continue Reading »

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48. EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF FLOW CHARACTERISTICS OVER SEMI-CIRCULAR BROAD CRES...

» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 PREAMBLE Weirs are stable over flow structures built across rivers or channels to spill or divert water. Weirs are the most primitive, easiest and most accurate flow structures that have various uses (Nawzad et al., 2004). Weirs are often used for diversions and regulations of flow as well as discharge analysis and depth control in various field of engineering involvin...Continue Reading »

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49. EFFECT OF STORAGE CONTAINER AND TIME ON POTABLE WATER QUALITY

» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 GENERAL BACKGROUND Water, air, food and shelter are the essential items for any living being. It is possible to survive without food and shelter for some days, but without water, it is not possible to survive much of the time. Without air, one cannot live for a few minutes. Next to air is water which is of paramount importance to all organisms (Booker, 2000). Water is ...Continue Reading »

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50. ENERGY DISSIPATION LOSSES IN DIFFERENT GEOMETRIES OF STEPPED SPILLWAY, A RESEARC...

» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Recent advances in technology have led to the construction of large dams, reservoirs and channels. This progress has necessitated the provision of adequate flood disposal facilities and safe dissipation of the energy of the flow, which may be achieved by providing steps on the spillway face. Stepped Spillways are been used more than 3000 years a...Continue Reading »

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51. RE-USE AND RE-CYCLING OF AUTOMOBILE PLASTICS – A STEP TO MANAGE PLASTIC WASTE ...

» 1 Introduction The use of plastics has seen a tremendous increment from domestic household through agricultural to industrial application; one industrial application is in the automobile industry. The advancement seen in technology in the world today can be attributed to the evolution of plastics which has made most of these possible. Examples of such are credits cards, computers, modern range of ...Continue Reading »

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52. TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT FOR VIP PLASTICS GHANA LTD IN KUMASI, GHA...

» 1 INTRODUCTION Transportation is the movement of goods, people, animals or services from one place to another. The different modes of transport are air, rail, road and sea. The field of transportation can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles and operations. Transportation is very important in the life of any business or company and better planning and utilization of transport increases a compa...Continue Reading »

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

» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0 Cathodic protection Cathodic protection (CP) is one of the electrical methods of controlling corrosion of metals in any environment. Generally, cathodic protection is the corrosion control leading technique of a metallic structure by making the metal the cathode (i.e. electron sink) in an environment by means of an impressed voltage. Cathodic protection is also a metho...Continue Reading »

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

» CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 NATURAL PRODUCTS AND MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY A natural product is a chemical compound or a substance produced by a living organism that is found in nature1.Within the field of organic chemistry, the definition of natural products is usually restricted to mean purified organic compounds isolated from natural sources.2 Natural products sometimes have pharmacological or b...Continue Reading »

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55. ANALYSES OF SOME CEMENT BRANDS IN THE NIGERIAN MARKET AND OPTIMIZATION OF LIMEST...

» CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1The Nature of Cement Cement is the widest known building material in the civil industry. Cement is a substance used to bind solid fragments or masses of solid matter together to form one whole substance for the purpose of building, for example in making building blocks and concrete. By this definition the term cement embraces a large number of different substances h...Continue Reading »

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56. AN INVESTIGATION OF THE REACTIVITY OF [Pt2(µ-S)2(PPh3)4] TOWARD ACTIVATED ALIPH...

» CHAPTER ONE Introduction The chemistry of platinum and sulfur has received tremendous attention since they were discovered owing to their interesting chemical activities. Platinum earned its name only in the 18th century, although it was known since ancient times. The first known reference to platinum is contained in the writings of the Italian physician, scholar, and poet Julius Caesar Scaliger (...Continue Reading »

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57. ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS DURING RUBBER PROCESSING IN GHANA, A RESEARCH ...

» CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background In this millennium the use of rubber has become versatile and it has been increase in volume sales in the Engineering firms either the manufacturing or production sectors as well as Business industries. This has result in expansion and increase in numbers of Plastics and Rubber manufacturing companies and factories in World. The idea of Plas tics or Rubber inv...Continue Reading »

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58. RECYCLING OF PLASTICS WASTE IN GHANA; A WAY TO REDUCE ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS/POL...

» INTRODUCTION The world has been facing the environmental waste problems and Ghana is no excep tion. Ghana also faces the problem of its own for the past years especially solid waste. For more than two decades, the amount of plastic waste littering the streets of Ghana has been a crucial environmental problem. There is no a proper way of collecting plastic waste and the people are not educated as t...Continue Reading »