Global NEST Journal

Zinc tungstate (ZnWO4) photocatalyst was synthesized by precipitation method and treated with different non-thermal plasma to study its morphology, structure and photocatalytic activity. The X-ray diffraction results revealed that the plasma-treated ZnWO4 exhibited only wolframite structure and its crystallinity was preserved. The SEM images of the samples demonstrated that the morphology of ZnWO4 was changed from non-uniform particle to flower and rod-like following plasma treatment. The enhanced photocatalytic activity of the treated ZnWO4 sample may be associated with the enhancement in the particle size reduction and increase of the surface area. Also, charge separation efficiency due to well-constructed space charge region along the longitudinal direction of the nano ZnWO4 may be affected the photocatalytic activity.

Cellular Lightweight Concrete (CLC) also known as Foamed concrete is one of the most significant type of concrete used for construction purposes due to its various advantages and usages over traditionally produced concrete. The rapid urbanization has led to the enormous increase in wastes being disposed of. This paper aims at identifying the possibility of using recycled materials such as crushed glass and plastic wastes in foam concrete as substitute filler material for fine river sand. A protein based foaming agent was adopt for this study. The workability and strength of different mixes using powdered glass and plastic wastes were investigated. In this research study foam concrete blocks were prepared according to the designed proportions to attain the maximum density of 1900kg/m^3.In this project, the mixing of recycled glass wastes 5%, 10%, 15% and recycled plastic wastes 1%, 3% & 5% were added as a filler in foam concrete. The 7, 14 and 28 days compressive strength, flexural strength, split tensile strength of each batch of concrete were studied and compared with conventional foam concrete. The study showed that the incorporation of recycled glass and plastic waste in conventional foam concrete is effective and it will useful for load bearing wall applications.

An optical sensor for colorimetric detection of Cr(VI) has been synthesized by immobilizing 1,5-diphenylcarbazide (DPC) into alginate/pectin films. The addition of cationic surfactant (CTAB) was used to increase the effectiveness of DPC immobilization by forming hydrophobic-ion pairs. At optimum condition, the films has good selectivity for Cr(VI) compare to other interference metals. The formation of violet color in the films showed its potential application for visual colorimetric detection of Cr(VI). The developed films in this study was found to be simple, rapid and sensitive sensor for direct determination of Cr(VI) with detection limit as low as 0.233 mg L–1 and time response was 8 minutes.

Objective: To obtain the characteristics analysis results of aronia melanocarpa leaves under saline alkali stress state and improve yield and quality of aronia melanocarpa. Methods: Using hyper spectral imaging system to obtain hyper spectral images of aronia melanocarpa leaves under saline alkali stress. The clear hyper spectral image is obtained by the conversion of reflectance, spectral envelope removal, and spectral denoising, and final hyper spectral image is obtained by the normalization of a clearer hyper spectral image. Results: Spectral information of aronia melanocarpa leaves under slight saline alkali stress: in the visible band, leaf reflectance is lower than leaf nutrient rich stress condition; in the near infrared band, the nutrient rich leaves was significantly higher than that of stress leaves. Spectral information of leaves under moderate saline alkali stress: spectral reflectance of different lesion spots for a same leaf in 550-680nm band is: severe > moderate > slight > normal, in the near infrared band is on the contrary; spectral reflectance for different lesion grades in 550-680 nm, severe lesion leaves have highest reflectance, and normal leaves have the lowest reflectance. Under severe saline alkali stress, the leaf spectral information is: there is no significant difference in leaf spectral reflectance between the attachment aphid and the damaged leaf, but the difference is obvious for normal leaves in the band of 450-500 nm, 560-680 nm and 750-900 nm. Comparative results analysis for the three of saline alkali stress degree is: the near infrared band of 560-680 nm and the visible band of 780-900 nm is the sensitive band for the diagnosis of three kinds of stress; slight saline alkali stress has the most significant differences at 550 nm, and 780-900 nm; severe saline alkali stress has at 680 nm and 780-900 nm. Conclusion: The proposed method can analyze hyper spectral image characteristics of aronia melanocarpa leaves under different saline alkali stress the condition of is a kind of plant leaves, which is an efficient method for the analysis of characteristics of plant leaves under saline alkali stress.