@Research Paper
<#LINE#>Physico-chemical parameters of activated carbon produced from temple waste flowers<#LINE#>Elango@Gomathi ,G.@Rathika  <#LINE#>1-5<#LINE#>1.ISCA-RJCS-2017-038.pdf<#LINE#>Department of Chemistry, Jansons Institute of Technology, Tamilnadu, India@Department of Chemistry, PSG College of Arts and Science, Tamilnadu, India<#LINE#>4/4/2017<#LINE#>6/6/2017<#LINE#>The aim of this research work is to produce activated carbon from temple waste flowers by direct pyrolysis process. The product was analyzed based on the following characteristics study includes pH, conductivity, moisture content, ash content, volatile content, mater soluble in water, mater soluble in 0.25 M HCl, bulk density, specific gravity, porosity, methylene blue number, iodine number, fixed carbon, yield and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller surface area (SBET). The activated carbon prepared from the temple waste flowers (TWF) were softened and good porosity, which was verified by Field emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FeSEM). The elements and percentage of activated carbon in waste flowers were detected by Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS). From the analysis, it is concluded that direct pyrolysis process was best method to produce activated carbon from temple waste flowers for the present investigation due to higher surface area, low moisture content, low ash content and better yield.<#LINE#>Sivakumar P. and Palanisamy P.N. (2010).@Mechanistic study of dye adsorption on to a novel non-conventional low-cost adsorbent.@Adv. Appl. Sci. Res., 1(1), 58-65.@Yes$Lartey R.B. and Acqual F. (1999).@Developing national capability for manufacture of activated carbon from agricultural wastes.@Ghana Engineer.@Yes$Okieimen F.E., Okiemen C.O. and Wuana R.A. (2007).@Preparation and characterization of activated carbon from rice husks.@J. Chem. 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M.D. (2002).@Pyrolysis of apple pulp: chemical activation with phosphoric acid.@J. Analy. Appl. Pyrol., 63(2), 283-301.@Yes$Hayashi J., Kazehaya A., Muroyama K. and Watkinson A.P. (2000).@Preparation of activated carbon from lignin by chemical activation.@Carbon, 38(13), 1873-1878.@Yes$Diao Y., Walawender W.P. and Fan L.T. (2002).@Activated carbons prepared from phosphoric acid activation of grain sorghum.@Biores. Technol., 81, 45-52.@Yes$Lua A.C., Yang T. and Guo J. (2004).@Effects of pyrolysis conditions on the properties of activated carbons prepared from pistachio-nut shells.@J. Anal. Appl. Pyrol., 72(2), 279-287.@Yes$Senthilkumaar S., Varadarajan P.R., Porkodi K. and Subbhuraam C.V. (2005).@Adsorption of methylene blue onto jute fiber carbon: kinetics and equilibrium studies.@J. Coll. Interface Sci., 284, 78-82.@Yes$Martinez J., Norland S., Thingstad T.F., Schroeder D.C., Bratbak G., Wilson W. and Larsen A. (2006).@Variability in microbial population dynamics between similarly perturbed mesocosms.@J. Plankton Res., 28(8), 783-791.@Yes$Lillo-Rodensas M.A., Carzrola-Ameros D. and Linares-Solano A. (2003).@Chemical reactions between carbons and NaOH and KOH -an insight into chemical activation mechanisms.@Carbon, 41(2), 267-275.@Yes$Ash B., Satapathy D., Mukherjee P.S., Nanda B., Gumaste J.L. and Mishra B.K. (2006).@Characterization and application of activated carbon prepared from coir pith.@J. Sci. Ind. Res., 65, 1008-1012.@Yes$Gurses A., Dogar C., Karaca S., Acikyildiz M. and Bayrak R. (2006).@Production of granular activated carbon from waste Rosa canina sp. seeds and its adsorption characteristics for dye.@J. Hazar. Mater., B131, 254-259.@Yes$Suzuki R.M., Andrade A.D., Sousa J.C. and Rollemberg M.C. (2007).@Preparation and characterization of activated carbon from rice bran.@Biores. Technol., 98(10), 1985-1991.@Yes$Ozgul G., Ozcan A., Ozcan A.S. and Gercel H.F. (2007).@Preparation of activated carbon from a renewable bio-plant of Euphorbia rigida by H2SO4 activation and its adsorption behavior in aqueous solutions.@J. Appl. Surf. Sci., 253(11), 4843-4852.@Yes$Tan I.A.W., Hameed B.H. and Ahmad A.L. (2007).@Equilibrium and kinetic studies on basic dye adsorption by oil palm fibre activated carbon.@Chem. Eng. J., 127, 111-119.@Yes$Hameed B.H. and Daud F.B.M. (2008).@Adsorption studies of basic dye on activated carbon derived from agricultural waste: Hevea brasiliensis seed coat.@J. Chem. Eng, 139, 48-55.@Yes$Deng H., Yangb L., Taoa G. and Daia J. (2009).@Preparation and characterization of activated carbon from cotton stalk by microwave assisted chemical activation-Application in methylene blue adsorption from aqueous solution.@J. Hazar. Mater., 166(2-3), 1514-1521.@Yes$Ho Y.S., Malarvizhi R. and Sulochana N. (2009).@Equilibrium Isotherm Studies of Methylene Blue Adsorption Activated Carbon Prepared from Delonix regia Pods.@J. Envi. Prpte. 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<#LINE#>Synthesis of doped Nickel Ferrite with Copper- NiCuFe2O4, its structure elucidation and Photocatalytic study-eco-friendly nature a step towards interdisciplinary research<#LINE#>M. Audi@Deepa  <#LINE#>6-12<#LINE#>2.ISCA-RJCS-2017-041.pdf<#LINE#>Department of Chemistry, Dhempe College of Arts and Science, Miramar, Goa, India<#LINE#>30/4/2017<#LINE#>8/6/2017<#LINE#>My work is based on study of NiCuFe2O4, which is a mixed metal Ferrite. This Copper doped Nickel Ferrite has been synthesised by Citrate Gel method, which has resulted in a crystalline homogeneous sample of appreciable yield. A non magnetic dopant Cu is added to NiFe2O4 crystals, which causes modifications in structural, and physical properties. Structure determination is carried out by XRD technique, which confirmed the cubic structure a=b=d, &#945;=&#946;=&#947;= 90o. SEM image showed the formation of tetragonal and octahedral grains with irregular morphology and the particle size was determined from micrograph and was found to be between 28-58 nm. The IR analysis confirms spinel structure and proves the incorporation of dopant Copper into Ferrite structure. The photocatalytic activity of NiCuFe2O4   was determined using two dyes methyl orange, methylene blue which have well resolved spectrum. This method involves measurement of optical density values at fixed time intervals which gradually go on decreasing thus indicating that NiCuFe2O4 is capable of dye degradation, and therefore can be employed for purification of waters which are contaminated with organic based toxic substances. This reveals its ecofriendly nature, in dealing with water pollution thus contributing towards Interdisciplinary research. The degradation of the two dyes was studied with NiFe2O4, the absorbance values slowly decreased which indicated that photocatalytic activity of NiFe2O4 is less than NiCuFe2O4 and doping by Copper enhances dye degradation. It is one of the promising photocatalyst for treatement of waste waters.<#LINE#>Maria M., Lumina Sonia, Blessi S., Pauline S. (2014).@Effect of Copper Substitution on the Structural, Morphological and Magnetic properties of Nickel Ferrites.@International Journal of Research (UR), 1(8), 1051-1054.@Yes$Vresch V. (2017).@Structure of Crystals.@Crystallography on line.com (v.2.1.0) 292@No$Dolia S.N., Sharma Rakesh, Sharma M.P. and Saxena N.S. (2006).@Synthesis, X-ray Diffraction and Optical band gap study of Nanoparticles of NiFe2O4.@Indian Journal of pure and Applied Physics, 44, 774-776.@Yes$Perron H., Mellier T., Domain C., Roques J., Simoni E., Drot R. and Catalette H. (2007).@Structural Investigation and Electronic properties of NiFe2O4 a periodic density functional theory approach.@Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, 19, 10.@Yes$Attarkar Mahnaz Kamel, Manteghi Farnak and Ghahari Mahdi (2005).@Microwave assisted sol gel autocombustion synthesis of NiCuFe2O4 using Citric acid as an organic chelating agent Structural and optical studies.@ECSOC 19 d o I 10.3390 lecsoc, 1-6.@No$Aruldas G. and Rajagopal P. (2007).@Modern Physics.@Eastern Economy Edition, 212-217.@No$Kesavamoorthy R., Vigneshwaram A.N., Sanyal Vijayalaxmi and Ramchandra C. (2017).@Synthesis and Characterisation of NiFe2O4 nanoparticles by sol gel combustion method.@Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 9(1), 160-162.@No$Nabiyouni G., Fesharaki Jafari H., Muzafari M. and Amighian J. (2010).@Characterisation and Magnetic properties of Nickel Ferrite nanoparticles prepared by Ball Milling Technique.@CHIN. PHYS. LETT, 27(12), 126401.@Yes$Murthy Y.L.N., Kajiviswanath I.V., Rao T. Kondala and Singh Rajendra (2009), International Journal of Chemical Technology, 1(4), 138@undefined@undefined@No$Devi L. Gomathi, Raju Anantha K.S. and Kumar Girish S. (2009).@Photodegradation of methyl red by advanced and homogeneousPhoto Fenton, s process. A comparative study and kinetic approach.@Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 11(7), 1397-1404.@Yes$Mehra Meethi and Sharma T.R. (2012).@Photocatalytic degradation of two commercial dyes in aqeous phase using photocatalyst TiO2.@Advances in Applied Research, 3(2), 849-853.@Yes$Hanson A.W. (1973).@The Crystal Structure of Methyl Orange monohydrate monoethanolate.@Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry, 29(3), 454-460.@Yes$Kakhki Roya Mohamadzadeh, Khorrampour Amir Mostafa, Rabbani Mahmood and Ahsani Fatemeh (2017).@Visible light Photocatalytic degradation of textile waste by Cobalt doped NiFe2O4 nanocomposite.@Journal of Material Science Materials in Electronics, 28(5), 4095-4101@Yes
@Review Paper
<#LINE#>A review on heavy metal contamination of surface water and their health effect with SWOT analysis of removal methods available<#LINE#>Tamrakar @Ruchi ,Nair@Sumita  <#LINE#>13-17<#LINE#>3.ISCA-RJCS-2017-023.pdf<#LINE#>B.I.T. Durg, CG, India @B.I.T. Durg, CG, India <#LINE#>8/4/2017<#LINE#>5/6/2017<#LINE#>One of the major environmental and human health issues is heavy metal contamination of surface water. The persistent heavy metal contamination level in surface water causes deterioration of water quality. Many methods are reported for the removal of heavy metals from water but conventional treatment system are not much effective and use of inexpensive materials for removal can improve the current treatment process. Among the available methods for heavy metal removal adsorption is the most common and feasible in which many low cost adsorbents are used which are collected from agricultural waste, seafood waste, food waste, industrial by-product and soil. 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@Short Review Paper
<#LINE#>A review on occurance of radioactive elements in different states of India<#LINE#>Pandey@Pritee , Pandey@Piyush Kant,Pandey@Madhurima  <#LINE#>18-22<#LINE#>4.ISCA-RJCS-2017-028.pdf<#LINE#>Department of Engineering Chemistry, Bhilai Institute of Technology, Raipur, Kendri, New Raipur-493661, CG, India @Department of Engineering Chemistry, Bhilai Institute of Technology, Bhilai House, Durg, 491001, CG, India @Department of Engineering Chemistry, Bhilai Institute of Technology, Raipur, Kendri, New Raipur-493661, CG, India <#LINE#>8/4/2017<#LINE#>7/6/2017<#LINE#>This study aims to identify the occurrence of radioactive elements and the radiation emitted by them with their hazards in all over Indian states to control concentration of these elements and radiation level within safe limit and to protect the population, living around contaminated area. An extensive literature survey on radioactive contamination and natural radioactivity enhanced by different sources viz. the use of phosphate fertilizer, building materials (cement), phosphate rock, has been carried out. It has been found on reviewing the survey done; that radioactive contamination in India’s environment is not exceeding the limit prescribed by UNSCEAR, WHO, and AERB.<#LINE#>United Nation Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic. (UNSCEAR). (2000).@Radiation Sources and effects of ionizing radiation. New York, USA: United Nations.@Report of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effect of Atomic Radiation to General Assembly.@No$Beck H.L., DeCampo J. and Gogolak C. 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<#LINE#>Cadmium status in soils: A review on sources and chemistry<#LINE#>Verma@Yashu ,Sharma@Richa  <#LINE#>23-25<#LINE#>5.ISCA-RJCS-2017-032.pdf<#LINE#>Bhilai Institute of Technology, Durg, Chattisgarh, India@Rugta College of Engineering and Technology, Bhilai, Chattisgarh, India<#LINE#>8/4/2017<#LINE#>10/6/2017<#LINE#>Heavy metals entering the food chain through plants occur naturally in the soil. These are seldom toxic for the living organisms until, present in excessive concentrations. The occurrence of cadmium(Cd) in agricultural soils depend upon its concentration in the parent rock from which it weathered, additions from fertilizers and soil conditioners. Cadmium is found to be enriched in sedimentary rocks than in igneous or metamorphic rocks. Anthropogenic sources includes phosphatic fertilizers containing excessive levels of Cd which increases its concentration in surface soils. Mobility of heavy metals due to anthropogenic origin has found to be more than the geogenic ones. Arial deposition of Cd in rural areas is contributed by combustion of fossil fuels, smelting and processing of ores which is comparable to that added to soil from fertilizers and improvements. Bioconcentrations of Cd in plants grown in an elevated level in soil is maximum compared to other heavy metals. The degree of enrichment depend upon the level of Cd present in the soil, the crop species, and the chemical properties of the soil.<#LINE#>Elinder C.G. (1985).@Cadmium: Uses, occurrence and intake.@In: Friberg L, Elinder CG, Kjellström T, et al., editors. Cadmium and health: A toxicological and epidemiological appraisal. Vol. I. Exposure, dose, and metabolism. Effects and response. Boca Raton, FL, CRC Press, 23-64.@No$Calabrese, S., Aiuppa, A., Allard, P., Bagnato, E., Bellomo, S., Alessandro W.D., Parello F. and Brusca L. 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Carbamazepine (CBZ), an antiepileptic drug is over a great extent used to treat epilepsy and bipolar disorder. This is also included in the POP category because of its profound use and possible ecotoxicology. Analytical methods should have the sensitivity for contamination detection and quantification, but in case of complex matrices or real matrices the direct application of the analytical methods can be rarely achieved. Thus, sensitive and selective analytical methods are required. The increasing use of molecular imprinted polymers during recent years in pharmaceutical analysis in complex matrices is because these materials seem to be particularly desirable for applications where analyte sensitivity and selectivity is essential. They show preferred affinity to a particular template molecule as compared to other molecules present in complex matrices, and this property of selectivity is the main driving force for such diverse application of this techniques. 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