BACKGROUND : Pyrolysis process is one of the most effective recycling methods due to its ability to recover products like gas, oil and char with oil being the major/important product. The shortcomings of waste tyre-derived ...
In this study, the photocatalytic activity of nanomaterials Ag/AgX (X = Cl, Br, I) is reported. Highly efficient silver halide (Ag/AgX where X = Cl, Br, I) photocatalysts were synthesized through a hydrothermal method. The ...
Sadare, Olawumi Oluwafolakemi; Daramola, Michael Olawale(Nature Research, 2023-04-13)
Biodesulfurization (BDS) was employed in this study to degrade dibenzothiophene (DBT) which accounts for 70% of the sulfur compounds in diesel using a synthetic and typical South African diesel in the aqueous and biphasic ...
Da Silva Junior, Afonso Henrique; De Oliveira, Carlos Rafael Silva; Leal, Tarcisio Wolff; Mapossa, António Benjamim; Fiates, Juliane; De Souza, Antonio Augusto Ulson; De Arruda Guelli Ulson de Souza, Selene Maria; Da Silva, Adriano(Elsevier, 2024-11)
Organochlorine pesticides have been widely used in agriculture to control agricultural pests. Although effective in controlling pests, organochlorine pesticides present numerous hazards to ecosystems and human health due ...
Hugo, Jan; Sonnendecker, Paul Walter(Emerald, 2024)
PURPOSE – The adverse impacts of climate change coupled with rapid informal urbanization in the Southern
African region are increasing the vulnerability of already sensitive population groups. Consequently, these
urban ...
Pretorius, Franco; Dzingai, Pethile; Du Toit, Elizabeth Louisa; Focke, Walter Wilhelm(Elsevier, 2024-03)
Physical property data obtained for binary mixtures are conventionally fitted in excess form using the Redlich-Kister equation. The ternary data is then estimated using projections of the binary behaviour on the basis of ...
Adeyinka, Gbadebo Clement; Bakare, Babatunde Femi; Iwarere, Samuel A.(Taylor and Francis, 2023)
In this study, the pollution levels, sources, and ecological risks associated with five selected heavy metals (chromium, copper, iron, lead, and zinc) were evaluated in surface water, soil, and sediment systems along the ...
Botha, Natasha; Coetzer, Roelof; Inglis, Helen Mary; Labuschagne, F.J.W.J. (Frederick Johannes Willem Jacobus)(Wiley Open Access, 2023-10)
Polymers are used in various industrial applications due to their ease of production,
light weight, and ductility. Fillers such as clays are added to polymers to
improve a range of factors such as material processing, ...
Sugarcane leaves were used to produce high-purity and low-density silica xerogels through
a sol–gel method. The biogenic silica produced through a thermochemical method was reacted with
sodium hydroxide (NaOH) to form ...
Sanni, Omotayo; Iwarere, Samuel Ayodele; Daramola, Michael Olawale(MDPI, 2023-04-03)
Corrosion inhibitors are generally used in reducing metallic corrosive effects. Nevertheless,
most inhibitory compounds have harmful effects on the environment, as well as being expensive
and toxic. Therefore, there is ...
Igwaran, Aboi; Kayode, Adeoye John; Moloantoa, Karabelo M.; Khetsha, Zenzile P.; Unuofin, John Onolame(Springer, 2024-01)
Cyanobacteria harmful algal blooms (cHABs) are increasingly becoming an emerging threat to aquatic life, ecotourism, and certain real estate investments. Their spontaneous yet sporadic occurrence has made mitigation measures ...
Cerium oxide engineered nanoparticles (nCeO2) are widely used in various applications
and are, also, increasingly being detected in different environmental matrixes. However, their impacts
on the aquatic environment ...
Gwanzura, E.; Ramjugernath, D.; Iwarere, Samuel Ayodele(Wiley, 2023-08)
OBJECTIVE : The treatment of recalcitrant emerging pollutants is a major concern in wastewater treatment. The purpose of this study was the optimization of emerging recalcitrant pollutant degradation using carbamazepine ...