Chemical and Phase Characterization of Snail Shell (Archachatina Marginata) as Bio-Waste from South-West in Nigeria for Industrial Applications

chemistry and materials research Pub Date : 2020-07-01 DOI:10.7176/cmr/12-6-03

H. T. Owoyemi, Akinwumi Gbenga Owoyemi

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This paper aimed at characterizing waste snail shells found in South-West, Nigeria for potential industrial applications. Snail shells which represent the bio-shell waste of snails' remnants from restaurants, eateries or snail sellers constitute a serious degree of environmental threat with little or no economic value; their effective utilization can bring immense economic prosperity. Snail shells were obtained from two selected region of South-Western part of Nigeria. The obtained snail sells were thoroughly washed to remove adhered dirt and later dried in an electric powered oven at 110 o C for 6h. The dried shells were then crushed and further pulverized to obtain powder snail shells (SS p ) and labeled samples SS p A and SS p B respectively. The chemical composition of the samples was determined by Energy dispersive X-ray (SEM/EDX) while the phase constituent was analyzed using X-ray diffractometer. The results showed that SS p A consist mainly calcium (Ca) 83.38% while sample SS p B contains higher calcium (Ca) content of 85.04%. However, X-ray diffraction (XRD) indicate predominant phase of calcite for the samples. This indicates that the snail shell powder is suitable for industrial applications such as filler in paper and ceramic industry. Keywords: Snail shell; chemical composition; phase constituent; calcite phase. DOI: 10.7176/CMR/12-6-03 Publication date: July 31 st 2020

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尼日利亚西南部生物废弃物蜗牛壳(Archachatina Marginata)的化学和物相特征及其工业应用

本文的目的是表征在尼日利亚西南部发现的废蜗牛壳，为潜在的工业应用。蜗牛壳是餐馆、食肆或售卖蜗牛的商贩所丢弃的蜗牛残渣的生物壳废物，对环境构成严重威胁，几乎没有经济价值;它们的有效利用可以带来巨大的经济繁荣。蜗牛壳是从尼日利亚西南部两个选定的地区获得的。将获得的螺壳彻底清洗以去除附着的污垢，然后在110℃的电烤箱中干燥6小时。将干燥后的螺壳粉碎粉碎，得到螺壳粉(SS p)，标记样品SS p A和SS p B。用能量色散x射线(SEM/EDX)测定了样品的化学成分，并用x射线衍射仪分析了样品的相组成。结果表明，样品SS p A主要含钙83.38%，样品SS p B含钙85.04%。然而，x射线衍射(XRD)表明样品的优势相为方解石。这表明螺壳粉适用于造纸、陶瓷等行业的填料。关键词:螺壳;化学成分;相组成;方解石的阶段。出版日期:2020年7月31日

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