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| Facile Synthesis of Aqueous Calcium Acetate from Discarded Egg Shells of Locally Bred Hybrid Chicken.
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Olabimtan Olabode.H, Ochigbo Victor, Aboki Mahmoud. A, Aronimo Babatunde.S, Akinlotan Oluyinka .O
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Abstract:
There are a lot of wasted eggshells because of the high egg consumption rate which consequently has been an agent of pollution to the environment. However, they can easily be transformed into low- or high-purity grade of calcium carbonate by washing, pulverizing, drying, and sieving. This grade was then used as feedstock for generating a value added calcium acetate via a direct reaction with acetic acid. A maximum yield of 97.5% for 216 mg of acetate salt of calcium was obtained as FT-IR was initially engaged in the chemical identification of CaCO3 prior to the reaction with 2M acetic acid and with the final product under the same working conditions. This result lends credence to the idea of zero waste production in order to create products with added value in order to achieve sustainable development, which may be chosen as an alternative method of material recycling and waste management in the future.
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