This studyaims to treat kaolin synthetic wastewaterby using sludge from water treatment plant as a coagulant via the coagulation process. Water (WTS) was characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), Scanning electron microscope (SEM), and X-ray diffraction (XRD). WTS had an amorphous structure contained high aluminium metal constituents at 25.3%, which can be recovered coagulant. Acidifi...

The efficacy of plasma-treated tap water (PTW) for the possible treatment of a mealybug (Planococcus citri) infestation was studied under laboratory conditions. Mealybugs growing on Nerium oleander have been treated using PTW after being transferred to Petri dishes, thus avoiding possible buffering effects that might occur in an in-situ study. When treating tap water with a dielectric barrier d...

Restoration of acidified lakes by liming does not, in many cases, improve productivity to a pre-acidified state. We hypothesize that the poor recovery detected in many of these lakes is due to constrained in-lake phosphorous (P) cycling caused by enhanced precipitation of metals in higher pH, limed waters. Long-term (1990-2012) data for 65 limed, circum-neutral (pH 6-8), and acidified lakes in ...

40 With increasing atmospheric CO2 concentrations, the oceans are expected to increase in acidity during the next century. Increasing ocean acidity has been shown to negatively affect many marine ecosystems, particularly calcifying organisms. We investigated acidification effects on the turtle grass communities of Little Cayman Island, British West Indies (BWI). We hypothesized that acidified s...

There is increasing interest in natural food colorants like carotenoids and anthocyanins with functional properties. Red sorghum bran is known as a rich source for anthocyanins. The anthocyanin contents extracted from red sorghum bran were evaluated by biochemical analysis. Among the three solvent system used, the acidified methanol extract showed a highest anthocyanin content (4.7 mg/g of sorg...

Anthropogenic increases in atmospheric CO2 compound the rates of longterm changes in the abiotic conditions of the Earth’s oceans. Because many physiological processes, including calcification rate, depend on these physical factors, there is mounting concern over how changes in temperature (T) and the CaCO3 saturation of seawater will affect marine organisms. These effects may be particularly r...

Sulfide minerals (mainly FeS2) contained in lead-zinc tailings are easy to be acidified the air. The acidification mechanism is that tailing sand generates sulfuric acid and sulfate under catalysis of oxidant, water oxygen. acidic liquid generated by reaction will continue react with metal oxides form an insoluble precipitate.In order reveal corresponding changes chemical properties physical du...