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Thermodynamics of binary mixtures of non-electrolytes containing a salt
Molar excess volume V E and enthalpy H E data have been measured at 25°C for pyridine A saturated with anhydrous cupric chloride (S) [A(S)]+ B...
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Characteristics of the lipase fromCandida rugosa modified with copolymers of polyoxyethylene derivative and maleic acid anhydride
The hydrophilic copolymer, polyethylene oxide (PEO) allyl ester-maleic anhydride (MA), copolymer was used to modify the lipase from Candida rugosa. MA, in a functional group, reacts easily with amino acids of ...
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Modification of lipase fromCandida rugosa with poly(ethylene oxide-co-maleic anhydride) and its separation using aqueous two-phase partition system
A copolymer was synthesized from polyethylene oxide (PEO) and maleic acid anhydride (MA). Number of ethylene oxide units was varied from 10 to 40. Lipase fromCandida rugosa was modified through chemical bonding o...
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Gasification of municipal solid waste in a pilot plant and its impact on environment
Municipal solid waste from three cities was gasified in a 3 ton/day capacity gasification/melting pilot plant based on Thermoselect at a temperature of around 1,200 °C using double inverse diffusion flame burn...
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Characteristics of water-soluble fiber manufactured from carboxymethylcellulose synthesis
Carboxymethylcellulose (CMC), which is water-soluble fiber at room temperature, was manufactured from cellulose in this study. Experimental parameters included reaction temperature, time, concentration of NaOH...
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Simulation of CO2 removal with aqueous sodium glycinate solutions in a pilot plant
In this paper, density, viscosity, surface tension and vapor pressure of aqueous sodium glycinate solutions of different mass fractions (0.1–0.5) at different temperatures (20–100°C) were simulated using Pro/I...
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Excess Gibbs free energy of butyl acetate with cyclohexane and aromatic hydrocarbons at 308.15K
Molar excess Gibbs free energies of mixing (C E ) for butyl acetate+cyclohexane or benzene or toluene or o- or m- or p-xylene were calculated by using Barker’s method from the me...
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Melting treatment of waste asbestos using mixture of hydrogen and oxygen produced from water electrolysis
In this study, we melted four types of waste asbestos containing material such as spread asbestos, plasterboard asbestos, slate asbestos and asbestos 99 wt%, in a melting furnace at 1,450–1,550 that uses a mix...
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Thermodynamics of molecular interactions in binary mixtures containing associated liquids
Experimentally measured data of excess molar volumes and enthalpies at 308.15 K for binary mixtures of formamide with 1-butanol or 2-methyl-1-propanol were fitted to the Redlich-Kister polynomial equation. The...
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Production of carboxymethylcellulose fibers from waste lignocellulosic sawdust using NaOH/NaClO2 pretreatment
In this study, waste lignocellulosic sawdust was converted to carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) by the combination process of an inorganic base (NaOH) and a weak acid (monochloroacetic acid, MCA). Optimum condition...
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Analysis of air blast effect for explosives in a large scale detonation
Open Burning/Open Detonation (OB/OD) has been widely used for demilitarization of expired explosives. However, OB/OD effects a variety of hazardous damages to environment. Therefore, using incinerators to trea...
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Viscometric and FTIR studies of molecular interactions in 2-propanol+hydrocarbons mixtures at 298.15 and 308.15 K
The deviation in viscosity was coupled with respective excess molar volume data to study the molecular interaction in binary mixtures with one associated component. This approach was applied to the experimenta...
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Transport Properties and Modeling of Viscosity for Binary Mixtures of Butanol Isomers \(+\) Hydrocarbons
As butanol would be the potential oxygenates, viscosity of twelve binary systems of butanol isomers with hydrocarbons (cyclohexane or benzene or toluene) was measured with Ubbelohde viscometer over the entire ...
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Non-metal modified TiO2: a step towards visible light photocatalysis
Advanced oxidation process (AOP) is a versatile photocatalytic approach to degrade various environmental pollutants. Among many photocatalysts used in AOP such as ZnO, TiO2, ZrO2, ZnS, CdS; TiO2 is the most widel...
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Measurement and modeling of viscosity for binary mixtures of diisopropyl ether with n-alkanes (C7–C10)
The kinematic viscosity (ν) of binary mixture of diisopropyl ether+n-heptane or n-octane or n-nonane or n-decane was measured at 298.15 K, 308.15 and 318.15 K. Using experimental data, the deviation in kinematic ...
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Open AccessAdsorptive removal of chromium(VI) from aqueous solution using binary bio-polymeric beads made from bagasse
In this study, bio-polymeric gel beads were made from synthetic and laboratory-made CMC (bagasse). Calcium chloride cross-linked with sodium alginate (Na-Alg) added to CMC displayed great affinity for the remo...
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Surfactant-assisted hydrothermally synthesized novel TiO2/SnS@Pd nano-composite: structural, morphological and photocatalytic activity
To meet the increasing demand of energy and to conquer the waste water problems, fabrication of visibly active semiconductor materials is demand of the present world. In this paper, we have synthesized the sur...
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Measurement and correlation of thermodynamic properties of ternary mixtures of oxygenated fuel
Oxygenated fuels are of great interest as these are more energy efficient and environment friendly. Therefore, thermodynamic properties like density, ultrasonic speed and refractive indices of diisopropyl ethe...
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Development of zinc-loaded nanoparticle hydrogel made from sugarcane bagasse for special medical application
This research is focused on the development of ZnO-NPs hydrogels through in situ method. The powerful absorption peak within the order of 320 nm confirms the presence of the zinc oxide nanoparticles arrangemen...
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Carbon materials as CO2 adsorbents: a review
Environmental pollution is a serious issue with the rapid development of urbanization, industrialization and vehicle traffic. In particular, fossil fuel pollution increases atmospheric CO2 levels. To alleviate th...
