The Malaysian Journal of
Analytical Sciences
Vol 11 No 1 (2007) ISSN 1394-2506
http://www.ukm.my/mjas
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Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Md Pauzi Abdullah (UKM)
Lead Editor for Volume 11 (2007) Md Jelas Haron
Members
Mazlin Mokhtar (UKM) Mhd Radzi Abas (UM) Marsin Sanagi (UTM) Amran Abd Majid (UKM) Lee Yoke Heng (UKM)
Yang Farina Abdul Aziz (UKM) Norhayati Mohd Tahir (KUSTEM)
Lau Seng (UNIMAS)
Jamaluddin Mohd Daud (UKM) Md Sani Ibrahim (USM)
Alias Mohd Yusof (UTM) Wan Md Zin Wan Yunus (UPM) Ibrahim Baba (UKM)
Abdul Khalik Wood (MINT)
Invited Editors for Volume 11 (2007) Dzulkefly Kuang Abdullah
Irmawati Ramli
Karen Anne Crouse Badri Nor Azah Yusof
Nor Azowa Ibrahim Taufik Yap Yun Hin
Special Publication Team for Volume 11 (2007) Abdul Ghani Abd Aziz
Ernee Noryana Muhamad Mohd Hashim Mohd Saad Mohd Izham Saiman
Mohd Rezuwan Shah Zakaria Norizah Abdul Rahman Zaidina Mohd Daud
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Vol 11 No 1 (2007) ISSN 1394-2506
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CONTENTS
NUMBER 1
Editorial Board Content
01 FORMATION OF ZINC ALUMINIUM LAYERED DOUBLE HYDROXIDES -4(2,4-
DICHLOROPHENOXY)BUTYRATE NANOCOMPISITES BY DIRECT AND INDIRECT METHODS
Norhayati Hashim, Mohd Zobir Hussein, Asmah Hj. Yahaya and Zulkarnain Zainal 02 CHARACTERISATION OF ALIPHATIC AND POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC
HYDROCARBONS IN ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKES Mohammad Fais Fadzil and Norhayati Mohd Tahir
03 CERTIFIED REFERENCE MATERIALS FOR ANALYTICAL QUALITY CONTROL IN NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS
Wee Boon Siong, Abdul Khalik Hj. Wood, Mohd. Suhaimi Hamzah, Shamsiah Abdul Rahman, Md. Suhaimi Elias, and Nazaratul Ashifa Abd. Salim
04 CHARACTERIZATION OF LIVESTOCK WASTEWATER AT VARIOUS STAGES OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT
Ting Teo Ming, Kim Tak Hyun, Lee Myun Joo
05 HYDROCARBONS IN SMOKE AEROSOLS FROM CONTROLLED BURNING OF Mangifera foetida LITTER FALLS AND Panicum repens
Tay Joo Hui1, Tan Hock Seng1, Norhayati Mohd Tahir*1and Mhd Radzi Abas2
06 ALIPHATIC AND PAHs EMISSIONS FROM OPEN BURNING OF SELECTED TROPICAL WOODS
Tan Hock Seng, Norhayati Mohd Tahir and Mhd Radzi Abas
07 THE INFLUENCE OF TEMPERATURE AND REACTION TIME IN THE DEGRADATION OF NATURAL RUBBER LATEX
Siti Zaleha Isa, Rosiyah Yahya, Aziz Hassan and M. Tahir
08 SYNTHESIS OF ZINC-ALUMINIUM -PAMOATE NANOCOMPOSIT E USING DIRECT CO- PRECIPITATION AND ION-EXCHANGE METHODS
Zaemah binti Jubri, Mohd Zobir bin Hussein, Asmah Hj Yahaya and Zulkarnain Zainal 09 THE UTILIZATION OF RED GYPSUM WASTE FOR GLAZES
Rose Aini Kamarudin and Mohd. Shahir Zakaria
10 210Po AND 210Pb ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION IN THE CORAL BANDS OF PULAU TUBA, LANGKAWI
Lee Jen-Nie, Zaharuddin Ahmad and C.A.R. Mohamed
11 POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON (PAH) CONTAMINATION IN THE SEDIMENTS OF EAST COAST PENINSULAR MALAYSIA
Md Suhaimi Elias, Ab. Khalik Wood, Zaleha Hashim, Wee Boon Siong, Mohd Suhaimi Hamzah, Shamsiah Abd. Rahman, Nazaratul Ashifa Abdullah Salim and Ariffin Talib
12 REMOVAL OF Cr(III) FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS USING ZEOLITE NaY PREPARED FROM RICE HUSK ASH
Nik Ahmad Nizam Nik Malek and Alias Mohd Yusof
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13 DELAMINATED ZEOLITE, ITQ-6 AS HETEROGENEOUS CATALYST FOR FRIEDEL CRAFTS ALKYLATION
Zainab Ramli, Noor Aishikin Mohd Yusoff and Halimaton Hamdan
14 RATIO OF 210Po AND 210Pb IN FRESH, BRACKISH AND SALINE WATER IN KUALA SELANGOR RIVER
Tan Chin Siang, Che Abd Rahim Mohamed, Zaharuddin Ahmad
15 N,N’-bis-(5-METHYL-METHYLSALICYLIDENE) -2,2-DIMETHYLPROPANE-1,3- DIAMINE PALLADIUM(II) : CATALYST FOR HECK REACTION
Wan Nazihah Wan Ibrahim, Mustaffa Shamsuddin and Bohari M. Yamin
16 FLUORESCENCE CHARACTERISTIC OF 2-CHLOROPYRAZINE: EFFECT OF SOLVENTS AND CONCENTRATION OF Cu(II)
Z. Aiyub, Z. Abdullah, B. H. Yaakob and M.A. Abu Bakar
17 EFFECT OF TEMPLATES ON THE SYNTHESIS OF ORGANIZED MESOPOROUS ALUMINA
Zainab Ramli and Sheela Chandren
18 BIFUNCTIONAL Nb/Ti-MCM-41 CATALYST IN OXIDATIVE ACIDIC REACTION OF CYCLOHEXENE TO DIOL
Zainab Ramli, Mazidah Abdul Shukor and Didik Prasetyoko
19 THE EFFECT OF SUPPORT ON THE ACTIVITY AND SELECTIVITY OF MoVNbTe CATALYST FOR PROPANE AMMOXIDATION REACTION
Anita Ramli, Farinaa Md Jamiland Suhaina Ibrahim
20 PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF CONDUCTING POLYMER COMPOSITE FILMS: POLYPYRROLE AND POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL
Lim Mei Yee, Anuar Kassim and H.N.M Ekramul Mahmud, Atan Mohd Sharif and Md Jelas Haron 21 EFFECT OF CALCINATION TEMPERATURE ON THE PHYSICOCHEMICAL
PROPERTIES OF MOV OXIDES PREPARED VIA REFLUX METHOD Tan Yee Wean, Irmawati Ramli, Taufiq Yap Yun Hin
22 PLATINUM, PALLADIUM AND RHODIUM LEVELS IN ROAD DUSTS OF KUALA LUMPUR AND GENTING SEMPAH TUNNEL, PAHANG
Hidayah Shahar and Amran Ab. Majid
23 CHARACTERIZATION OF FLAVONOID DERIVATIVES FROM BOESENBERGIA ROTUNDA (L.)
Amy Yap Li Ching, Tang Sook Wah, Mohd Aspollah Sukari, Gwendoline Ee Cheng Lian, Mawardi Rahmani and Kaida Khalid
24 INFLUENCE OF ORGANIC SPECIES ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF Mo-V OXIDES
P.M. Woi, R. Irmawati and Y.H. Taufiq-Yap
25 EFFECT OF VANADIUM AND TITANIUM SUBSTITUTION OVER AN ANTIMONY- BASED MIXED OXIDE CATALYSTS FOR PROPANE AMMOXIDATION TO ACRYLONITRILE
Anita Ramli, Asna Rasyidah Abdul Hamid, Faridah Manaf and Suhaina Mohd. Ibrahim 26 CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS FROM STEM BARKS AND ROOTS OF MURRAYA
KOENIGII (RUTACEAE)
Noor Haslizawati Abu Bakar, Mohd. Aspollah Sukari, Mawardi Rahmani, Atan Md. Sharif, Kaida Khalid and Umi Kalsom Yusuf
27 HORIZONTAL TRANSPORT OF 228RA/226RA IN THE SURFACE WATER OF SOUTHERN SOUTH CHINA SEA AND MALACCA STRAITS
Che Abd Rahim Mohamed, Phuah Chai Shia, Nioo Siew Yew and Zaharuddin Ahmad
28 EFFECT OF FIBER LOADING AND FIBER LENGTH ON MECHANICAL AND T HERMAL PROPERTIES OF SHORT CARBON FIBER REINFORCED POLYPROPYLENE COMPOSITE F. Rezaei, R. Yunus, N. A. Ibrahim and E.S. Mahdi
29 STYRYLDEHYDROPYRONE AND CLERODANE-TYPE DITERPENE FROM CROTON ARGYRATUS
Norizan Ahmat A. H., Ikram M. Said, Jalifah Latip, Laily B. Din, Yana Maolana Syah and Euis H. Hakim 30 ACCELERATED SOLVENT EXTRACTION METHOD WITH ONE-STEP CLEAN-UP FOR
HYDROCARBONS IN SOIL
Nurulhuda Mamat Ghani, Norashikin Saim, Rozita Osman and Zuraidah Abdullah Munir
31 REMOVAL OF COD AND TURBIDITY TO IMPROVE WASTEWATER QUALITY USING ELECTROCOAGULATION TECHNIQUE
Moh Faiqun Ni’am, Fadil Othman , Johan Sohaili and Zulfa Fauzia
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32 COMPARISON STUDIES ON SODA LIGNIN AND SODA -ANTHRAQUINONE LIGNIN M. N. Mohamad Ibrahim, N. N. Mohamad Yusof and A. Hashim
33 FORMULATION OF LIGNIN PHENOL FORMALDEHYDE RESINS AS A WOOD ADHESIVE
M.N Mohamad Ibrahim, A. Md. Ghani and N. Nen
34 KINETICS AND THERMOD YNAMIC FOR SORPTION O F ARSENATE BY LANTHANUM-EXCHANGED ZEOLITE
Md Jelas Haron, Saiful Adli Masdan, Mohd Zobir Hussein, Zulkarnain Zainal and Anuar Kassim 35 SYNTHESIS AND FLUORESCENCE CHARACTERISTIC OF 2-N-ANILINOPYRIDINE
AND 3-N-ANILINOPYRIDINE
Noordini Mohd Salleh, Liow Pei Ling, Zanariah Abdullah, Maizathul Akmam A. Bakar and Zaharah Aiyub
36 SURFACE RADIATION DOSE MEASUREMENT AND MAPPING OF JENGKA 15 OIL PALM LAND
Zaini Hamzah, Masitah Alias, Ahmad Saat, Abdul Khalik Wood and Zakaria Tajuddin 37 WOVEN STAINLESS STEEL WIRE MESH S UPPORTED CATALYST FOR NOX
REDUCTION IN MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE FLUE (MSW) GAS: SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION
Kamariah Noor Ismail, Ku Halim Ku Hamid, Sharifah Aishah S. A. Kadir, Mohibah Musa and Robert Mikhail Savory
38 PM10 AND TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATES (TSP) MEASUREMENTS IN VARIOUS POWER STATIONS
Masitah Alias,Zaini Hamzah, and Lee See Kenn
39 SYNTHESIS OF ALUMINA USING THE SOLVOTHERMAL METHOD Meor Yusoff M.S. and Masliana Muslimin
40 ANALYSIS OF ESSENTIAL OILS OF LEAVES, STEMS, FLOWERS AND RHIZOMES OF ETLINGERA ELATIOR (JACK) R. M. SMITH
Faridahanim Mohd Jaafar, Che Puteh Osman, Nor Hadiani Ismail, and Khalijah Awang 41 VERTICAL PROFILE OF 210PB IN THE SEDIMENT CORE OF KUALA SELANGOR, MALAYSIA
Choong Chee Choy, Zaharuddin Ahmad and Che Abd. Rahim Mohamed
42 DETERMINATION OF HEAVY METALS CONTENT IN SOILS AND INDOOR DUSTS FROM NURSERIES IN DUNGUN, TERENGGANU
Norhayati Mohd Tahir, Poh Seng Chee and Maisarah Jaafar
43 STUDIES ON THE REACTION OF OXYGEN WITH P REOXIDISED BISMUTH M OLYBDATE CATALYST
Irmawati Ramli, Kenneth C. Waugh and Bahij H. Sakakini
44 EFFECT OF NUMBER OF WASHING ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF COPPER OXIDE NANOPOWDERS
E.N. Muhamad,R. Irmawati, A.H. Abdullah, Y.H. Taufiq-Yap and S.B. Abdul Hamid
45 A SHORT -TERM STUDY OF THE STATE OF SURFACE WATER ACIDIFICATION AT SEMENYIH DAM
Nesamalar Kantasamy, S. Mariam Sumari, S. Maria Salam and Riniswani Aziz
46 GAMMA HAZARDS AND RISK ASSOCIATED WITH NORM IN SEDIMENT FROM AMANG PROCESSING RECYCLING PONDS
Nasirian Mohsen, Ismail Bahari, Pauzi Abdullah and Azizah Jaafar
47 ELECTROPHORETIC DEPOSITION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF COPPER SELENIDE
THIN FILMS
Mohd Fairul Sharin Abdul Razak and Zulkarnain Zainal
48 MORPHOLOGICAL STUDIES OF DHSA/DHSA-OCTYL ESTER/RBD PALM KERNEL OLEIN/MEDIUM CHAIN TRIGLYCERIDES SYSTEM.
Anuar Kassim, Rathidevi Nadarajan, Zahariah Isma il, Mohd Zaizi Desa, Atan Mohd Sharif, Dzulkefly Kuang and Md Jelas Haron
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