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Physicochemical Properties of Human Hair using Fourier Transform Infra-Red (FTIR) and Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) Obinna, Ezenwali Moses
ASEAN Journal for Science and Engineering in Materials Vol 1, No 2 (2022): AJSEM: Volume 1, Issue 2, September 2022
Publisher : Bumi Publikasi Nusantara

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This research work is to investigate the physicochemical properties of human hair. Data was obtained by analyzing human hair using Fourier Transform Infra-Red and Scanning Electron Microscope. Several results were obtained, including data on the chemical properties of human hair.
Biosorption/Precipitation of Heavy Metals by Partially Degraded Keratin/Soluble Peptides/Amino Acids By-Products of Degradation of Human Hair by Keratinase Isolated from Alcaligenes Faecalis Strain AIR10 Obinna, Ezenwali Moses
ASEAN Journal for Science and Engineering in Materials Vol 2, No 1 (2023): AJSEM: Volume 2, Issue 1, March 2023
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This research involves a systematic process to reduce the effects of heavy metals on health and the environment through the metabolism of human hair. In this study, the by-product of the breakdown of microbial keratinase was keratin; free amino acids and partially degraded peptide/keratin were used as precipitates and adsorbents, respectively, to remove Copper (Cu), Iron (Fe), Nickel (Ni), Zinc (Zn) Cobalt (Co) and Lead (Pb) from pollution. Atomic absorption spectrophotometry is used to measure metal concentrations. Degraded human hair was an efficient but insignificant weight absorber compared to untreated human hair, achieving almost 85.81±0.0077% adsorption for chloride. Our data show that alkaline pH favors lead acetate deposited by the supernatant over neutral and acidic regions. Both treated and untreated human hair showed a significant percentage of ZnSO4 and NiCl2 biosorption, with CuSO4 showing the percentage of precipitation, the lowest percentage of biosorption. Our SEM results suggest that a technology may be required to increase the surface area of treated human hair to increase the adsorption capacity.
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