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Chemical & Mineralogical Properties of Fly Ash
(Malaysian Nuclear Society, 2007)Fly ash is the finely divided mineral residue resulting from the combustion of coal in electric generating plants. Fly ash consists of inorganic, incombustible matter present in the coal that has been fused during combustion ... -
Chemically modified sugarcane bagasse as a potentially low-cost biosorbent for dye removal
(Elsevier B. V., 2010-12-15)The use of adsorbent prepared from sugarcane bagasse, an agro waste from sugar industries has been studied as an alternative substitute for activated carbon for the removal of dyes from wastewater. Adsorbents prepared ... -
Climate augmentation of erythemal UV-B radiation dose damage in the tropics and global change
(Indian Academy of Sciences, 2007-12-10)Skin cancer (UV carcinogenesis) causing erythemal solar ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation dosages received at tropical latitudes are about five times higher compared to mid-latitudes. The tropical environment also experiences ... -
COD removal from anaerobically treated palm oil mill effluent (AT-POME) via aerated heterogeneous Fenton process: Optimization study
(Elsevier Ltd, 2014-04)Due to the extremely high content of organic pollutants, palm oil mill effluent (POME) requires multiple stages of treatment. At the primary stage, because of the high loading of organics, anaerobic treatment method was ... -
Combination of adsorption and biodegradation processes for textile effluent treatment using a granular activated carbon-bioflm confgured packed column system
(The Research Centre for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2008)The objective of this study was to investigate the feasibility of using a granular activated carbon-biofilm configured packed column system in the decolorization of azo dye Acid Orange 7-containing wastewater. The Acid ... -
Comparative Characterization of Clinker’s Microstructure at Different Temperature Zone during Cement Production
(Science Publications, 2007)Temperature is an important parameter for transformation of minerals in clinker during cement productions. It influences the formation of alite from belite during calcinations and clinkering processes. The result of ... -
Comparative Study of Clinker’s Transformation at Different Temperature Zone During Cement Production
(Science Publications, 2007)Chemical composition analysis using x-ray fluorescence is one of the important quality analysis for examining of cement and widely used in cement industries for a long time as a tool to estimate phase composition. X-ray ... -
Comparative study on photocatalytic degradation of mono azo dye acid orange 7 and methyl orange under solar light irradiation
(Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2012-09)The objective of this study was to investigate and compare the kinetic photocatalytic degradation of mono azo dyes Acid Orange 7 (AO7) and Methyl Orange (MO) under solar light irradiation with titanium dioxide (TiO 2) as ... -
Comparison of geopolymer fly ash and ordinary Portland cement to the strength of concrete
(American Scientific Publishers, 2013-12)The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of various fly ash: aggregate ratios by using fly ash (FA) based geopolymer compared to ordinary Portland cement (OPC) on the compressive strength of concrete. The different ... -
Comparison of original and sintered LUSI mud from East Java, Indonesia as raw material for making a geopolymer
(American Scientific Publishers, 2013-01)This paper presents the characterization of LUSI mud from East Java, Indonesia, as a potential raw material for making a geopolymer. Two types of LUSI mud were analyzed, i.e., original LUSI mud and LUSI mud that had been ... -
Comparison of processing and mechanical properties of polypropylene/recycled acrylonitrile butadiene rubber/rice husk powder composites modified with silane and acetic anhydride compound
(SAGE Publications Ltd, 2014-12)Polypropylene (PP)/recycled acrylonitrile butadiene rubber (NBRr)/rice husk powder (RHP) composites were fabricated with silane and acetic anhydride (Ac) treatment agent. The in situ formed RHP-filled PP/NBRr composites ... -
Comparison on biodegradation of anionic dye orange II and cationic dye methylene blue by immobilized microorganisms on spent granular activated carbon
(Taylor & Francis Online, 2014-01)Activated carbon adsorption and biological degradation are two important methods used in the treatment of industrial wastewater among others. The objective of this study is to investigate the biodegradation of anionic dye ... -
Copper ion-exchanged channel waveguides optimization for optical trapping
(Elsevier Ltd., 2013-08)Optical trapping of particles has become a powerful non-mechanical and non-destructive technique for precise particle positioning. The manipulation of particles in the evanescent field of a channel waveguide potentially ... -
Correlating composition design and properties of calcined kaolin geopolymeric powder
(American Scientific Publishers, 2013-12)This paper discussed the relation between composition design and properties of calcined kaolin geopolymeric powder. Geopolymeric powder was produced by applying the geopolymerization process. The solids-to-liquid ratios ... -
Correlation between Na 2SiO 3/NaOH ratio and fly ash/alkaline activator ratio to the strength of geopolymer
(Trans Tech Publications, 2012)Geopolymer requires an alkaline activator to induce it pozzolanic property and to accelerate the geopolymerisation process. The geopolymerisation process occurs due to the mixing of fly ash, sodium silicate and sodium ... -
Cure characteristics and hardness of recycled latex catheter (LCr) filled with Standard Malaysia Rubber (SMR L) compounds
(Trans Tech Publications, 2013)The effect of cure characteristics and hardness of LCr filled SMR L compound were investigated. The size of LCr were 20 - 25 mm in range. Six compounds; 0, 5, 15, 2 5, 35 and 5 0 per hundred rubber (phr) of LCr were prepared ... -
Curing Behavior on kaolin-based geopolymers
(Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland., 2012)This paper aims at investigating the influence of curing process on kaolin-based geopolymers. Kaolin-based geopolymers were prepared by the alkali-activation of kaolin with alkali activating solution (mixture of NaOH and ... -
Decanter cake as a feedstock for biodiesel production: A first report
(Elsevier Ltd., 2013)Decanter cake (DC), with an oil content of 11.5 ± 0.18 wt.%, was subjected to ultrasound-aided transesterification using boiler ash as a base catalyst, petroleum ether and hexane as co-solvents. Optimization work revealed ... -
Decolorization of methyl orange using upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor-An investigation of co-substrate and dye degradation kinetics
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)Decolorization of a synthetic wastewater containing Methyl Orange (MO) azo dye was performed in an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor. Color removal efficiencies approaching 94, 90 and 96% were obtained with ... -
Decolorization of Orange II using an anaerobic sequencing batch reactor with and without co-substrates
(The Research Centre for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2012-02)We investigated the decolorization of Orange II with and without the addition of co-substrates and nutrients under an anaerobic sequencing batch reactor (ASBR). The increase in COD concentrations from 900 to 1750 to 3730 ...