Browsing by Author "Adekola, F. A."

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    Conversion of Jatropha curcas oil to biodiesel using potash from cocoa pod husk (CPH) and palm kernel frond (PKF) as catalyst
    (Faculty of Science, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, 2014-09-01) Ameen, Mubarak; Adekola, F. A.; Adebayo, G. B.; Adekola, O. F.; Belewu, M. A.; Rahman, S. G.
    Caustic potash extracted from the ashed samples of cocoa pod (Theobroma cacao) and palm kernel fronds (Elaeis guineensis) was used to catalyse the conversion of Jatropha curcas oil to biodiesel. The physicochemical parameters and fatty acid components of the prepared biodiesel were comparable to those of the biodiesel prepared with commercial KOH. This work, thus established the fact that it is possible to use erstwhile wasteful plant products for useful purposes
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    Enrichment of a Nigerian Calcite ore for Hydroxyapatite production
    (Australian Ceramic Society, 2016-10-20) Baba, A. A.; Womiloju, A. A.; Joda, A.; Lawal, A.; Babamale, H. F.; Alabi, A. G. F.; Adekola, F. A.
    In this study, Hydroxyapatite (HAp) powders have been prepared from Calcite ore of Nigerian origin using diammonium hydrogen phosphate as the Phosphorus source via hydrothermal method. The HAp powders formed is used to determine the chemical structure and nature of HAp crystals at different reaction temperature and time of operation were characterized by X-ray Fluorescence (XRF), X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) coupled with Energy Dispersive X-ray (EDS) and Fourier Transform Infra-red (FT-IR) techniques. Using a set of experimental conditions, different morphology, crystallinity and stoichiometric ratios were obtained. At optimal conditions (1M (NH4)2HPO4, 850C, 6 hours reaction time), a rectangular, rod-like and layered HAp crystal formed yielded Ca/P molar ratio of 1.66 which is close to the stoichiometric HAp ratio of 1.67 required for biomedical applications.