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 Assistant Professor

Department of  Chemistry

Arts - Rabigh & College of Sciences

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Phone: 245678 Ext. 148

Email: malhefnawy@kau.edu.sa

Dr. Mohamed Elhefnawy

 Assistant Professor

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Dr. Mohamed Elhefnawy

Associate Prof. Physical Chemistry

Education

  • 2006

    Doctorate degree from }اثةهسفقغScience, Osaka City University, Japan, أوساكا, اليــابــان

Employment

  • 1998-حاليا

    Assistant prof, Tanta University, طنطا, مصــــــــر

Research Interests

Scientific interests

Publications  

1- Mohamed EL-Hefnawy,; Sameshima, K.; Matsushita, T.; Tanaka, R. Apparent Dipole Moments of 1-Alkanols in Cyclohexane and n-Heptane, and Excess Molar Volumes of (1-Alkanol + Cyclohexane or n-Heptane) at T=298.15 K. J. Solution Chem. 2005, 34, 43-69.

2- Mohamed EL-Hefnawy,; Tanaka, R. Density and Relative Permittivity for 1-Alkanols + Dodecane at 298.15 K. J. Chem. Eng. Data 2005, 50, 1651-1656.

3- Mohamed EL-Hefnawy,; Sameshima, K.; Matsushita, T.; Tanaka, R. Dipole Moments and Conformations of CnH2n+1O(CH2CH2O)mH investigated by the Measurements of Permittivity and FT-IR Spectra in Heptane Solutions at 298.15 K and Ab initio Calculations. Bull. Chem. Soc. Japan 2006, 79, 845-856.

4- Mohamed EL-Hefnawy, The influence of the structure and composition of water-in-oil microemulsions on activities of Iraqi Turnip peroxidase. Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 5, 73-76 (2012).

5- Mohamed EL-Hefnawy, Water in Olive Oil Surfactantless Microemulsions as Medium for CdS Nanoparticles Synthesis. Modern Applied Science. 6(4), 101-105  (2012).

6- Mohamed EL-Hefnawy, Samir A. Senior, Abdel Moneim El Massry, Magdy Diab, Mousa Al-Noaimi and R. Tanaka. Apparent Dipole Moments and Excess Volumes of Polyoxyethylene Glycol mono-Decyl Ethers in n-Alkanes at T=298.15 K . Physics and Chemistry of Liquids: An International Journal. 50(4), 415-433 (2012).

7- Mohamed EL-Hefnawy, Samir A. Senior,  Abdel Moneim El Massry and R. Tanaka.  Excess Molar Volumes of Oligo(oxyethylene Glycol) MonoDecyl Ethers in n-Dodecane, and Apparent Dipole Moments of {(Oligo(oxyethylene Glycol) monoDecyl Ethers + n-Heptane, n-Decane or n-Dodecane} at T=298.15 K. J. Solution Chem. 41, 2017-2035 (2012).

8- Mohamed EL-Hefnawy, Water in Olive Oil Microemulsions as Medium for CdS Nanoparticles Synthesis. J. Indian Chem. Soc. 90 (2013) 459-462.

9- Mohamed EL-Hefnawy, Densities and Refractive Indices of Binary Mixtures of Olive Oil + Alkanols at 298.15 K. J. Solution Chem.  42 (2013) 2399-2408.

10- Mohamed EL-Hefnawy and M. Sakran, The influence composition of water in olive Oil microemulsions as medium for on activities of Lipase. Canadian J. Chem. Eng. 92 (2014) 1335-1339.

11. Mohamed EL-Hefnawy, Elmetwaly. M. Selim,  Faiz F. Assaad and Ali Ismael, Kinetics and Thermodynamics of Cadmium Adsorption on Surface of Clays and Sandy Loam Soils, The Scientific World Journal, 2014 (2014).

12. Mohamed EL-Hefnawy, M. Sakran and Ali Ismael and Eman Fahmy Aboelfetoh, Extraction, purification, Kinetic and Thermodynamic properties of Urease from germinating Pisum Sativum L. seeds. BMC Biochemistry. 15:15 (2014).

13- Samir A. Senior, Magdy D. Madbouly, Abdel-Moneim El massry, Mohamed El-Hefnawy, Assessment and prediction of toxicity of some pyrethroid pesticides by QSTR method using topological descriptors, new quantum chemical descriptors and a new SCF-QSTR method J. Indian Chem. Soc.. 92 (2015) 1-14.

14- Mohamed EL-Hefnawy, and Eman Fahmy Aboelfetoh, A oxidation reaction of 4-carboxaldehyde, 5-amino pyrazole in olive reversed microemulsions catalyzed by a phase transfer catalyst. Asian J. Chem. 28(1) (2016) 27-29.

15- Abeer S. Elsherbiny,  Mohamed E. El-Hefnawy,  Ali H. Gemeay, Synthesis and Characterization of Poly aspartate-montmorillonite nanocopmosites and its efficiency toward the adsorption of Pb2+ and Cd2+ from aqueous solution. In Preparation (2016).

16- Ali Ismael, Elmetwaly. M. Selim, Mohamed E. El-Hefnawy, Spatial and vertical distribution of heavy metal nearby cement factory Western Saudi Arabia. Plos one (2016) Submitted.

Courses

Thermodynamics Chemistry 241
Catalysis Chemistry 445
Photochemistry 444
Physical Chemistry 240

Areas of expertise

physical chemistry Teaching Experience: 1- Teaching, Sep. 2010 – now: General and Physical Chemistry, King Adulaziz University-Rabigh campus, Saudi Arabia Kingdom. 2- Teaching, Oct. 2009 – June 2010: General and Physical Chemistry, Qaryunis University, Lybia 3- Teaching, Oct. 2007 – June 2009: General and Physical Chemistry, Hadhramout University of Technology and Science. 4- Teaching, April 2006 – 2007: General and Physical Chemistry, Tanta University, Egypt. 5- Teaching Assistant, 1998-2002: General and Organic Chemistry, Tanta University, Egypt.