Dr. Aminu Bayawa Muhammad

Professor
Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, Nigeria

Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Petroleum Geochemistry from Newcastle University, Newcastle, U.K.

My URL
https://livedna.org/234.32684

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Area of Interest:

Chemistry
Petroleum Research
Biofuels
Petrochemicals
Geochemistry

Selected Publications

  1. Hadi, B.A., A.M. Sokoto, A.B. Muhammad and B. Idris, 2022. Activated carbon prepared from native oil palm empty fruit bunch fibre. UMYU J. Pure Ind. Chem. Res., 2: 42-53.
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  2. Farouq, A.A., H.Y. Ismail, A.B. Rabah, A.B. Muhammad, U.B. Ibrahim and A.Y. Fardami, 2022. Cowpea induced physicochemical and biological rhizosphere changes in hydrocarbon contaminated soil. Plant Soil, 477: 759-777.
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  3. Muhammad, A.B., L.M. Jodi, L.G. Hassan, L. Abubakar and A.M. Sokoto, 2019. Optimization of reaction variables of ultrasound-assisted transesterification of Abelmoscus esculentus seed oil into biodiesel. Biofuels, 12: 1059-1065.
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  4. Obianke, M.A., A.B. Muhammad, L.G. Hassan, A.A. Aliero and M.G. Liman, 2018. Optimization of reaction variables in situ transesterification of Jatropha curcas seed oil for biodiesel production. Nig. J. Bas. App. Sci., 26: 102-114.
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  5. A.B. Muhammad, I. Mudi, A.M. Sokoto, G.M. Argungu and M.N. Almustapha, 2018. Lube oil from blends of Nigerian Escravos light and Agbabu bitumen by empirical modeling. Pet. Sci. Technol. 36: 1968-1976.
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  6. Muhammad, A.B. and A. Attahiru, 2017. Empirical investigation of precipitation of hexadecanoic acid from toluene/brine system: Implication to naphthenic acid precipitation from crude oils. J. Dispersion Sci. Technol., 38: 545-550.
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  7. Kyari, M.Z., S.M. Danggoggo, B.B. Usman and A.B. Muhammad, 2017. Optimization of Process Variables in the Biodiesel Production from Lophira lanceolata Seed Oil. Nig. J. Bas. App. Sci., 25: 75-86.
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  8. Hadi, B., A.M. Sokoto, M.M. Garba and A.B. Muhammad, 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 Environ. Effects, 39: 148-153.
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  9. 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. Chin. J. Geochem., 34: 422-430.
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  10. Muhammad, A.B. and G.D. Abbott, 2013. The thermal evolution of asphaltene-bound biomarkers from coals of different rank: A potential information resource during coal biodegradation. Int. J. Coal Geol., 107: 90-95.
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  11. Abbott, G.D., E.Y. Swain, A.B. Muhammad, K. Allton, L.R. Belyea, C.G. Laing and G.L. Cowie, 2013. Effect of water-table fluctuations on the degradation of Sphagnum phenols in surficial peats. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 106: 177-191.
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