R. Aryal, B. R. Poudel, S. K. Gautam, H. Paudyal, K. N. Ghimire
{"title":"Removal of Fluoride from Aqueous Solution Using Biomass-Based Adsorbents: A Review","authors":"R. Aryal, B. R. Poudel, S. K. Gautam, H. Paudyal, K. N. Ghimire","doi":"10.3126/jncs.v40i0.27281","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3126/jncs.v40i0.27281","url":null,"abstract":"Various separation techniques have been successful for the removal of fluoride from aqueous solution. In this review, an extensive list of various biomass-based adsorbents from literature has been explored and their adsorption capacities under different conditions for the removal of fluoride available in the literature to date are presented. Several adsorbents have shown good adsorption capacities; however, modified biomass had shown excellent adsorption capacities compared to commercial materials. This paper reviews the fluoride uptake capacities of biomass materials and their modified forms as adsorbents against different experimental limits.","PeriodicalId":16483,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nepal Chemical Society","volume":"30 6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82743184","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Isotherms and Kinetic Studies on the Adsorption of Cd(II) onto Activated Carbon Prepared from Coconut (Cocos nucifera) Shell","authors":"R. Shrestha, S. Joshi","doi":"10.3126/jncs.v40i0.27287","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3126/jncs.v40i0.27287","url":null,"abstract":"Activated carbon prepared coconut shell using Phosphoric acid as an activating agent was investigated to find the feasibility ofits application for removal of Cd(II) from aqueous solution through the adsorption process. The activated carbon thus prepared has been characterized by SEM, XRD, FTIR. SEM morphology has revealed the pores of different diameters while FTIR showed the presence of surface functional groups such as carboxyl, phenolic and lactones. Batch mode kinetics and isotherm studies were carried out to evaluate the effects of contact time, adsorbent dose and pH. The optimum pH, contact time and adsorbent dose needed for the adsorption of the heavy metal have been found to be 6, 180 minutes and 2 g/L respectively. Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm models have been employed to analyze the adsorption equilibrium data. It was found that the adsorption isotherm of Cd(II) onto the activated carbon was the best described by Langmuir with an adsorption capacity of 33.71 mg/g. Kinetic studies showed that a pseudo second-order model was more suitable than the pseudo first-order model. It has been concluded that the activated carbon prepared from coconut shell can be used as an effective adsorbent for the removal of Cd(II) from aqueous solution.","PeriodicalId":16483,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nepal Chemical Society","volume":"61 1","pages":"78-83"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91283259","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amrit Regmi, J. Bhandari, Sitaram Bhattarai, S. K. Gautam
{"title":"Synthesis, Characterizations and Antimicrobial Activity of Cuprous Oxide (Cu2O) Nanoparticles","authors":"Amrit Regmi, J. Bhandari, Sitaram Bhattarai, S. K. Gautam","doi":"10.3126/jncs.v40i0.27271","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3126/jncs.v40i0.27271","url":null,"abstract":"Cuprous oxide nanoparticles were synthesized by the reduction of copper sulphate pentahydrate salt at different concentration using sodium borohydride as a reducing agent, polyethylene glycol-6000 as a stabilizer by simple, chemical co-precipitation methods and the effect of concentration on particle size were also studied. The crystalline size and phase of Cu2O nanoparticles (NPs) were authenticated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), morphology and structure by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and elemental analysis was carried out by energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX). The concentration-dependent antimicrobial properties of Cu2O NPs were studied for a different strain of bacteria. XRD and selected area electron diffraction studies (SAED) patterns confirmed the formation of face-centered-cubic Cu2O nanoparticles with size 4.77 nm and 8.02 nm at two different concentrations of 0.01 M and 0.1 M CuSO4, respectively. SEM and TEM images showed that the nanoparticles were uniform, in the form of clusters, and homogeneously distributed. EDX confirmed that synthesized nanoparticles were in pure form having copper and oxygen ratio 3:1 based on the atomic percentage of the chemical species. Cu2O nanoparticles showed excellent antibacterial activity against both bacterial strains Gram-positive (Staphylococcus aureus) and Gram-negative (Escherichia coli). The antibacterial activities of Cu2O NPs were found to be concentration-dependents and large bactericidal effect were seen for Gram-positive (Staphylococcus aureus) bacteria at higher concentrations of Cu2O NPs.","PeriodicalId":16483,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nepal Chemical Society","volume":"171 1","pages":"5-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76647563","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Chemical Synthesis of Silver Nanostructure: Size Dependent Electronic Properties","authors":"R. Panta, Sabita Shrestha","doi":"10.3126/jncs.v38i0.27779","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3126/jncs.v38i0.27779","url":null,"abstract":"Available with full text.","PeriodicalId":16483,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nepal Chemical Society","volume":"185 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74945717","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Extraction and Characterization of Chitosan and Preparation of Nanocomposites with Resorcinol Formaldehyde Resin","authors":"G. Bhandari, Rajesh Pandit, N. L. Bhandari","doi":"10.3126/jncs.v39i0.27028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3126/jncs.v39i0.27028","url":null,"abstract":"Available with full text.","PeriodicalId":16483,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nepal Chemical Society","volume":"74 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77402318","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Oli, Nabin Sharma, Ekaraj Kc, A. Subedee, R. Timilsina
{"title":"Green Synthesis of Copper Nanoparticles using Zingiber officinale Extract and Characterization","authors":"H. Oli, Nabin Sharma, Ekaraj Kc, A. Subedee, R. Timilsina","doi":"10.3126/jncs.v39i0.27008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3126/jncs.v39i0.27008","url":null,"abstract":"Available with full text.","PeriodicalId":16483,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nepal Chemical Society","volume":"580 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76413858","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Antimicrobial Studies of Schiff's Base Ligands and Their Oxovanadium (IV) Complexes","authors":"L. Mandal, S. Pandey, M. Sharma","doi":"10.3126/jncs.v38i0.27783","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3126/jncs.v38i0.27783","url":null,"abstract":"Available with full text.","PeriodicalId":16483,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nepal Chemical Society","volume":"65 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90860342","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Study of Some Transition Metal Complexes of Schiff Base: Thermodynamic and Kinetic Aspects","authors":"S. P. Singh","doi":"10.3126/jncs.v38i0.27796","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3126/jncs.v38i0.27796","url":null,"abstract":"Available with full text.","PeriodicalId":16483,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nepal Chemical Society","volume":"82 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91244427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of N-(7-dimethylamino-4-methyl-3-coumarinyl) Maleimide on Fermentation of Citric Acid by Aspergillus niger NCIM-2101","authors":"Umesh Prasad Chaurasia","doi":"10.3126/jncs.v38i0.27798","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3126/jncs.v38i0.27798","url":null,"abstract":"Available with Full text.","PeriodicalId":16483,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nepal Chemical Society","volume":"90 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83926580","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Bhatt, R. Aryal, B. R. Poudel, Sitaram Bhattarai, S. K. Gautam
{"title":"Adsorptive Removal of Cr (VI) from Aqueous Solution onto Charred Sugar Cane Bagasse","authors":"P. Bhatt, R. Aryal, B. R. Poudel, Sitaram Bhattarai, S. K. Gautam","doi":"10.3126/jncs.v39i0.27035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3126/jncs.v39i0.27035","url":null,"abstract":"Available with full text.","PeriodicalId":16483,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Nepal Chemical Society","volume":"43 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83043928","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}