This book highlights latest advancement in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. With the theme of “Innovative Science towards Sustainability and Industrial Revolution 4.0”, ICFAS 2020 brings together leading experts, scientific communities and industrialists working in the field of applied sciences and mathematics from all over the world to share the most recent developments and cutting-edge discoveries addressing sustainability and industrial revolution 4.0 in the field. The conference topics include green materials, molecular modelling, catalysis, nanodevices and nanosystems, smart materials applications, solar cells technology, computational mathematics, data analysis and visualization, and numerical analysis. The contents of this book are useful for researchers, students, and industrial practitioners in the areas of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry as most of the topics are in line with IR 4.0.
PART I : Sustainable Chemistry.
Chapter 1 - Acoustic Performance of
Mixing EFB and OPF Low-Density Fibreboards in Different Thickness.
Chapter 2
- Modified Alginate Adsorbent Using Ionic Liquid for Manganese Removal from
Aqueous Solution.
Chapter 3 - Synthesis and Modification of Pour Point
Depressant (PPD) Based on Copolymers of -Olefins and Maleic Anhydride for
Waxy Crude Oil.
Chapter 4 - Effects of NPK Fertilizers on the Growth, Yield
and Chemical Content of Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L. Mill).
Chapter 5
- Production of Greener Biodiesel from a Low Cost CaO Catalysts of Waste
Freshwater Shells.
Chapter 6 - CO2 Hydrogenation to Methanol: Effects of
Reaction Temperatures and Pellet Crushing on the Catalytic Performance.-
Chapter 7 - Catalytic Conversion of CO2 into Alcohols: Comparison of Supports
Raman Spectroscopy of TiO2 Nanoparticles Synthesized by Hydrolysis of TiCl4:
Effect of Sulfate Ions Concentration.
Chapter 8 - Presence of Exo-Microbes
in Coconut Endosperm Waste in Enhancing Black Soldier Fly Larval
Palatability.
Samsul Ariffin Abdul Karim is a Senior Lecturer at Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia. He is a Professional Technologists registered with Malaysia Board of Technologists (MBOT). He has published more than 140 papers in Journals and Conferences including three Edited Conferences Volume and 40 book chapters. He was the recipient of Effective Education Delivery Award and Publication Award (Journal & Conference Paper), UTP Quality Day 2010, 2011 and 2012, respectively. He was Certified WOLFRAM Technology Associate, Mathematica Student Level. He also has published nine books with Springer Publishing including five books with Studies in Systems, Decision and Control (SSDC) series.
Muhammad Fadhlullah Abd. Shukur is a Senior Lecturer at Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia. His research interest is in the field of ionic conductor including the development and characterization of polymer electrolytes for application in various energy storage devices.He has received several research grants, acting as the head researcher or co-researcher for such grants. He has been invited as reviewer for various journals and has published 41 articles in ISI/SCOPUS indexed journals. Currently, his H-index is 21 with 1347 citations in Google Scholar Citations.
Chong Fai Kait is an associate professor at Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia. She graduated with B.Sc. (Hons) in Industrial Chemistry from Universiti Putra Malaysia in 1993. In 1998, she received her Ph.D. from the University of Dundee, Scotland, in the area of heterogeneous catalysis for naphtha reforming process. She has more than 20 years of academic and research experience and her main research interests are in photocatalysis and its integration with ionic liquids or other techniques for sustainable environmental applications.
Hassan Soleimani is an associate professor of Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia. He has obtained a Ph.D. inwave propagation from Universiti Putra Malaysia. He has published more than 120 research articles in peer reviewed International. He is committee member and organizer of International conference of Diffusion in Solid and Liquids (DSL) since 2011 in Europe. He has been visiting scientist at many universities including University of Cambridge, UK, Wright State University, USA, University of Patras, Greece and School of Engineering and Griffith University, Australia.
Hamzah Bin Sakidin is a Senior Lecturer at Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia since September 2013. His research interest is in the field of applied mathematics and mathematical modelling. He has received several research grants, citing as the head researcher or co-researcher for some research grants. He is also the author of several mathematics book for tertiary level of education. He has more than 20 years of experience teaching in secondary and tertiary level of education.
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