Candles from Soybean Seed Oil Extract

Abstract

This work is aimed at promoting a healthier means of livelihood by investigating insignificant areas of pollution. In this work, soy candles produced from soybeans were proven as healthier alternatives to paraffin candles. Soxhlet extraction method was used with hexane as solvent. The extracted oil were then solidified. The wax was moulded into candle and tests were carried out to prove its claims as a safer alternative to paraffin wax. The results supported this claims that soy candles is more economical and produced lesser soot than the paraffin candles.

The Ex-Situ Bioremediation Kinetics of Raw and Treated Crude Oil Polluted Soil Using <em>Aspergillus Niger </em>and <em>Pseudomonas Aeruginosa</em>

“…The famous bioremediation is an amazing spill clean-up technique in which the normal degrading ability of microorganisms is harnessed for the degradation and decrease of the harmful substances that pollute the environment. Some substances in this category include petroleum subsidiaries, aliphatic and sweet-smelling hydrocarbons, mechanical solvents, pesticides and metals (Korda et al, 1997;Ojewumi et al, 2018d ). Of all the technologies and methods that have been researched into in the recent past for cleaning up oil spills on soils, bioremediation has come out as the most desirable approach due to its low cost and ability to hinder the formation and accumulation of contaminants (El-Nawawy et al, 1992).…”