Could anybody help me with some suggestions to improve the signal to noise ratio for XRD on sample containing iron?

I have got a slag sample that contains high amount of iron in it. I conducted xrd using Cu tube, on the powdered sample with very high background (because of iron efflorescence). Then to improve...

05 June 2019 1,639 6 View

Do all iron containing compounds show fluorescence in XRD with copper radiation?

Do all iron containing compounds show fluorescence in XRD with copper radiation or just the oxides of iron show this effect? Say for instance if i have pure tetracalcium aluminoferrite (C4AF) or...

05 June 2019 6,575 2 View

Help with identification of sodium sulfate peaks in xrd data?

I did XRD on anhydrous sodium sulfate salt (purity>99%) which i bought couple of months ago. For some reason sodium sulpfate peaks from PDF database (anhydrous or hydrated) don't align with the...

02 March 2018 5,864 7 View

How to deal with paper rejection due to %age similarity with previous publication?

I submitted a research paper to one of the Elsevier journals and got a response from the editor as below: "The paper has got 23 % similarity in total and from one single paper 10 %. However, if...

02 March 2017 4,069 3 View

Does anybody have thermogravimetric analysis curves for pure hemi and monocarboaluminate phases?

Just wondering if anybody has done thermogravimetric analysis on pure hemi and mono carboaluminate phases? I am looking for the mass loss of chemically bound water. Based on the references I have...

11 December 2016 5,903 2 View

Help with identifying Mg bearing phase in slag sample?

10 November 2016 2,308 10 View

Help with phase identification of slag sample in thermogravimetric analysis data?

10 November 2016 295 3 View

Things to consider to select chebychev polynomial order for background function?

10 November 2016 5,774 5 View

Does C3AH6 phase (Si rich or without silica) always show crystalline characteristic?

07 August 2016 7,491 6 View

Can ettringite formed at 7 day hydration, revert back to gypsum at 28day?

06 July 2016 545 6 View

MD MOE RMSD

How to calculate the RMSD values for a MD simulation using MOE?

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MD MOE RMSD

How to calculate the RMSD values for a MD simulation using MOE?

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fatal error

When I tried to energy minimization my system, I got fatal error as below. Fatal error: Atomtype opls_116 not found Although I've already added this line: ; include water #include "oplsaa.ff/spc.itp" to [molecultype] directive in my topology.

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fatal error

When I tried to energy minimization my system, I got fatal error as below. Fatal error: Atomtype opls_116 not found Although I've already added this line: ; include water #include "oplsaa.ff/spc.itp" to [molecultype] directive in my topology.

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fatal error

When I tried to energy minimization my system, I got fatal error as below. Fatal error: Atomtype opls_116 not found Although I've already added this line: ; include water #include "oplsaa.ff/spc.itp" to [molecultype] directive in my topology.

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fatal error

When I tried to energy minimization my system, I got fatal error as below. Fatal error: Atomtype opls_116 not found Although I've already added this line: ; include water #include "oplsaa.ff/spc.itp" to [molecultype] directive in my topology.

16 June 2021 0 0 View

flexibility of polymers chain

effect of double bond on the flexibility of polymers

07 April 2021 0 0 View

Formulation of polymer color flakes

I am writing to request some information for making polymer color flakes. I would appreciate the help.

17 March 2021 0 0 View

Polymer composites suddenly solidifies?

I am making polymer composite by solvent mixing method. When I am trying to add filler solution in polymer solution it quickly get solidified. How to make them then uinform? It doesn't give time...

03 March 2021 7,540 4 View

What is the production process of CaFe ferroalloys?

I looking for ferro calcium production process

03 March 2021 1,755 4 View