Why almost every element would be metallized in sufficiently high pressure and low temperature?

(This statement is from wikipedia, BTW). What is so special about metallic bond that is limiting high-P low-T state of a matter (as long as individual atoms exist, not white dwarf of neutron star...

02 March 2021 3,309 2 View

Why Austenite grains in steel show much more twinning than ferrite grains?

It is oftentimes said to be a distinctive metallographic trait that differentiates a fully austenitic and a fully felly ferritic steel without etching that might distinguish between two. Why...

02 March 2021 728 2 View

How Can I bring as much common elements in steel as possible to calculate stable phase(s) in OpenCalphad?

As I was tweaking step-by-step OpenCalphad6 Macros step1.ocm involving phase and thermal property calculation of a High-speed steel, I could not incorporate more than 6 elements in the steel...

01 March 2021 8,840 1 View

For Carbon-emission free steelmaking by electrolysis with nonoxidizable electrode in EAF, what would be electrode material?

While CCS can be employed along with a conventional Carbon-efficient EAF steelmaking process (especially from iron ore) or even Hydrogen or hydrocarbon can bee passed through central electrode,...

30 January 2021 3,378 1 View

What are the factors on which exchange current density of an electrode depends, and how can they be predicted?

While surface roughness is an obvious factor, this is not what is exactly asked. Rather, periodic variation of exchange current density (of an electrode) with solution chemistry (of electrolyte)...

30 January 2021 4,886 5 View

What are the thermodynamic and kinetic similarities and differences among dendrite formation during solidification of metals, ceramics and polymers?

Basic dendrite formation of metallic alloys are explained by thermal and constitutional degree of supercooling and most-supercooled band of liquid somewhat ahead of solidification front that...

30 January 2021 8,450 2 View

Is it possible to economically reuse the heat content of water vapour that is generated during quenching of continuous casting of steel?

A huge amount of water is evaporated to cool down and solidify the liquid metal strands coming out of bottom of CCM mould. The steam contains significant latent and sensible heat energy, besides...

26 January 2021 3,446 4 View

Why it is not permissible to correct all 5 classical optical aberration (spherical, chromatic, coma, astigmatism, curvature of field) simultaneously?

When first order paraxial optics is expanded to third order optics (i.e. sin x~ x-x3/3! instead of sin x~x) , these 5 optical aberrations result in. What is the rigorous mathematical proof that,...

26 January 2021 8,666 4 View

Is it possible to prepare clay minerals by mixing pure oxides of required elements? What would be theoretical difficulties with it?

Practically this is not at all necessary. But theoretically, would hydrous/hydrothermal synthesis be enough (like mix 1 mole alumina gel and 4 mole silica gel and gently heat) or would it require...

26 January 2021 6,403 3 View

How to prove possibility/impossibility to analytically solve the functional equation f(a ln x^2)/f(x)=x/2a; and how to find out the solution?

This is my very first encounter with functional equation of this kind, and methods of series solution and differential equations are of not much help. The solution to this problem, or at least the...

25 January 2021 6,053 5 View

Which fluorescent dye to use for measuring total ROS production?

Is DCFDA appropriate for measuring total ROS production, or can it only detect certain types of ROS? If I want to measure total ROS production, which dye should I use?

01 March 2021 9,447 3 View

Good day sir/ma. Please, where can I have access to equipment for conducting XRF, XRD and SEM analysis?

I'm using blast furnace slag for stabilizing subgrade soil.

17 February 2021 7,333 3 View

Trouble shooting with his tagged protein expression in E.Coli?

i have issues in expressing a chicken protein in BL21 cells with his tag. I do not see induction even at 18 degrees. Any suggestions

15 February 2021 8,939 3 View

Where would? can? positive charge(vacancy) be when grounded?

Hello I plasma(H2N2) treated Al2O3 plate (edge is connected to ground) and wondered if oxygen vacancy migration on the plate can occurs as electrons escape through edge. Or whatever positive...

15 February 2021 8,118 1 View

ZnS oxidizes to ZnO!!why??

when I put my ZnS solution in the chemical bath, the ZnS oxidizes so there are ZnO peaks appearing because of the reaction with the oxygen in the air, despite the fact that I close the beaker...

14 February 2021 5,778 9 View

How to prepare OH- terminated Si Wafer?

Hi, Folks. I am working on the ALD project to deposit Al2O3 on the Si wafer from TMA and Water. I have struggled with the preparation of OH- terminated Si wafer. I have both Si(1 0 0) and...

08 February 2021 8,792 2 View

Is it possible to have a diffusion of oxygen from the glass substrate (SiO2) into the absorbent layer during annealing process?

02 February 2021 382 7 View

For Carbon-emission free steelmaking by electrolysis with nonoxidizable electrode in EAF, what would be electrode material?

While CCS can be employed along with a conventional Carbon-efficient EAF steelmaking process (especially from iron ore) or even Hydrogen or hydrocarbon can bee passed through central electrode,...

30 January 2021 3,378 1 View

How to do ORR test with pine(Which means RDE or RRDE electrode)?

I want to do LSV ,CV test of ORR(Oxygen reduction reaction). But our laboratory don't have the RDE and RRDE electode. And I was wondering if I can do the tests by magnetic stiring or mechanical...

14 January 2021 1,869 2 View

Can you polarize Jurkat cells into different T helper subsets?

I am wondering if anyone has had success with in vitro polarization (via cytokines) of Jurkat cells. My goal is to understand the affect of a drug on Treg induction and differentiation. I...

12 January 2021 3,606 2 View