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Assessing the toxicity level of four useful mushrooms of Burkina Faso (West Africa) (Bold 15)

F.A. Ayeni1, I.A. Madugu1, P. Sukop1, R. Okara1, A.A. Adeleke2, G.B. Nyior3 (Bold 13)

1National Metallurgical Development Centre, P.M.B. 2116, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria. (Italic 10)

2Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile – Ife, Nigeria.

3Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.

Received 14 July

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Abstract (Bold 12)

The corrosion behaviour of rainfall exposed steel bar in 1M acid, 1M alkaline and 1M salt solutions has been studied. The exposed and unexposed coupons were immersed in the media for thirty days, at 25oC–32oC. Using weight loss method, the acid corrosion of exposed and unexposed bars in 1M HCl was 0.55 to 0.27 MPY and 0.71 to 0.38 MPY respectively. The alkaline corrosion was same (7.8×10-4 to 1.29 ×10-4 MPY) in NaOH solution. The corrosion rate of both bars in 1M NaCl solution was respectively 4.65 ×10-3 to 3.88 ×10-3 MPY and 3.1 ×10-3 to 3.23 ×10-3 MPY. (TNR, 11)

Keywords: Steel, Acid solution, Weight loss, Acid corrosion, Alkaline corrosion

Introduction (Bold 12)

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2. Materials and methods

2.1. Apparatus (TNR, 11)

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3. Results and discussion

3.1. Procedure for lead determination method (TNR, 11)

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Table 1: Square Wave Anodic Striping Voltammetry parameters

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Table 2: Calibration curve parameters (TNR, 11)

Figure 1: Calibration curves for lead in 0.1M acetate buffer (pH 4.5) containing 500 µg.L-1of bismuth. Lead was ranged from 5 to 85µg.L-1. (TNR, 11)

Conclusion

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Acknowledgements

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References (TNR, Bold 12)

1.  Roses O. E., Gonzalez D. E., Lopez C. M., Pineiro A. E., Villaamil E. C., Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 59 (1997) 210.

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