List of Selected Publications

Hadi, B.A., Sokoto, A.M., and Muhammad, A.B. (2022) Native Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch Fibre Biomass Characterization for Pyrolysis Process. Nigerian Journal of Solar Energy 33, 152 – 157.

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Farouq, A.A., Ismail, H.Y., Rabah, Muhammad, A.B., Ibrahim, U. B., Fardami, A. Y. (2022) Cowpea induced physicochemical and biological rhizosphere changes in hydrocarbon contaminated soil. Plant Soil. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-022-05460-y

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Hadi, B.A., Sokoto, A.M., Muhammad, A.B. and Idris, B. (2022) Activated Carbon Prepared from Native Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch Fibre. UMYU Journal of Pure and Industrial Chemical Research 2, 42 – 53. https://doi.org/10.55688/ujpicr21.006

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Muhammad, A.B., Jodi, L.M., Hassan, L.G., Abubakar L. and Sokoto, A.M. (2021) Optimization of reaction variables of ultrasound-assisted transesterification of Abelmoscus esculentus seed oil into biodiesel. Biofuels 12, 1059-1065 https://doi.org/10.1080/17597269.2019.1580969

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Obianke, M.A., Muhammad, A.B., Hassan, L.G. and Aliero, A.A. (2018) Statistical Optimization of Biodiesel Production from Jatropha Oilseed through in Situ Transesterification. Nigerian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 26(2); 102 – 114. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/njbas.v26i2.15

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Muhammad, A.B., Mudi, I., Sokoto, A.M., Argungu, G.M. & Almustapha, M.N. (2018) Lube oil from blends of Nigerian Escravos light and Agbabu bitumen by empirical modelling. Petroleum Science and Technology 38, 1968 – 1976. https://doi.org/10.1080/10916466.2018.1522338

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Sokoto, A.M., Muhammad, A.B., Sanda, A., Haruna, S., and Hassan, L.G. (2018) Effect of Reaction Variables on Biodiesel Production from Canary Melon Seed Oil, Journal of Energy and Environmental Sustainability, 5, 19 - 24. Doi: 10.47469/JEES.2018.v05.100052

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Kyaria, M.Z., Danggoggoa, S.M., Bagudo, B.U., and Muhammad, A.B. (2017) Optimization of Process Variables in the Biodiesel Production from Lophiralanceolata Seed Oil. Nigerian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences. 25(2); 75 – 85. doi:: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/njbas.v25i2.9

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Hadi, B., Sokoto, A.M., Garba, M.M., Muhammad, A.B. (2017) Effect of neat kaolin and CuO/Kaolin on the yield and composition of products from pyrolysis of polystyrene waste. Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects, 39, 148 – 153. https://doi.org/10.1080/15567036.2016.1201548

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Muhammad, A.B., Obianke,M., Hassan, L. G., Aliero, A.A. (2016) Optimization of process variables in acid catalysed in situ transesterification of Heveabrasiliensis (rubber tree) seed oil into biodiesel. Biofuels 8, 585-594. doi: 10.1080/17597269.2016.1242689.

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Muhammad, A.B. and Attahiru, A. (2017) Empirical investigation of precipitation of hexadecanoic acid from toluene/brine system: implication to naphthenic acid precipitation from crude oils. Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology 38, 545 – 550. https://doi.org/10.1080/01932691.2016.1181552

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Muhammad, A.B. (2015) Thermal evolution of aliphatic and aromatic moieties of asphaltenes from coals of different rank: possible implication to the molecular architecture of asphaltenes. Chinese Journal of Geochemistry, 34, 422 – 430. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11631-015-0041-y

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Muhammad, A.B. & Abbott, G.D. (2013) The thermal evolution of asphaltene-bound biomarkers from coals of different rank. International Journal of Coal Geology, 107, 90 – 95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2012.10.003

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Abbott, G.D.; Swain, E.Y.; Muhammad, A.B.; Allton, K.; Belyea, L.R.; Laing, C.G.; Cowie, G.L.. (2012) Effect of water table fluctuations on the degradation of Sphagnum phenols in surficial peats, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 106, 177 – 191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2012.12.013.

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