I have to granulate/pelletize some nano materials for application in columns for water treatment. What can be a suitable binding material?

The granules so prepared are to be used in columns for remediation of contaminated water. The binder should not affect porosity and surface area of the granulated material. I have tried sodium...

03 April 2017 7,997 3 View

Activation of carbon!

I have carbonized cellulosic material and want to get activated carbon. How can I do this activtion?

01 February 2017 560 1 View

'Conversion' or 'yield': which explains the biodiesel synthesis better?

In case of synthesis of biodiesel the two parameters: conversion and yield' are regularly used. Which of the two is a preferable parameter?

31 December 2016 4,373 2 View

Which is the BEST and most authentic way of distinguishing between physical and chemical adsorption?

The question raised by a younger researcher raised interest in related groups. Answers uploaded are logical, but it raises a further question in my mind: out of many, which is the best method/way...

31 December 2016 600 2 View

How logical is it to check the kinetic data for adsorption both the first and second order reactions?

11 December 2016 4,042 0 View

What is difference between impregnation and doping!

11 December 2016 3,354 3 View

Why are always taking molar ratios in case of biodiesel synthesis? What about taking stoichiometric ratios?

11 December 2016 3,461 8 View

What do you think about future 'energy source' of India?

01 January 1970 7,831 4 View

Enzyme support for enzyme catalyst!

OK Mr Naik, When inert, how would the support enhance activity of the enzyme?

01 January 1970 2,991 0 View

What is the status of bread making and more bakery foods with the use of insect flour/powder?

Insects have been consumed by human diet since prehistoric times. At present, the idea of looking at insects as food has been getting traction worldwide, also in response to increasing food...

03 March 2021 6,223 5 View

How to grow E.coli on the low salt LB agar plate with 50 or 100ug/ml of Blasticidin?

Hello, I would like to ask how to grow E.coli which resists 50 or 100ug/ml of Blasticidin. I have tried many methods by using low salt Luria-Bertain(LB) agar plate. However, no colonies grow. Let...

01 March 2021 2,027 2 View

How to separate water from glycerol solvent in a solvent recovery vacuum distillation column?

I am currently doing my third year design project. I have been assigned to design a glycerol recovery column in vinyl acetate monomer production. The process unit before the recovery column is an...

01 March 2021 9,525 4 View

What are the new 2D nanomaterials were used for Silver nanoparticles stabilization?

In the stabilization of AgNPs are vital in current research interest. However, some of the 2D nano-materials like graphene oxide, MoS2, etc... previously used to stabilize it. But still they shown...

01 March 2021 2,207 3 View

What is the state of the drug inside solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs)?

I am a little confuse with the mechanism of solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs). The main point of encapsulating drugs into SLNs is because some drugs have low solubility in water. Therefore, SLNs...

01 March 2021 3,703 3 View

Apart from Nanosilica and CNT's what are the other nanomaterials readily available to use in concrete mixture?

Nanotechnology in concrete materials

01 March 2021 3,379 3 View

Why is the sum of the elements in a row in a Q matrix equal to zero?

When explaining substitution models, the substitutions are expressed as Q matrix. Why is the sum of the elements in a row zero?

28 February 2021 3,864 3 View

What is the density for pva electrospining?

I'm Juan Carlos, a high school student who is working with electropinning, I made an electropinning machine with a 21g needle and a 30kv high voltage source and the distance between my needle is...

28 February 2021 298 3 View

Does different dilution factors affect negatively on NH3 reading ?

I have a sample of treated water sample & asked to obtain ammonia conc. in sample using a machine with 5-25 ppm detection range. However, upon testing with different dilution factors, all...

27 February 2021 8,483 3 View

LEDs on Vis Light photo degradation of MB water sol via N doped TiO2 in a mini flume?

Good day to all, I have no experience with light emitting diodes. I am building a glass mini flume to demonstrate the photo degradation of Methylene Blue in water running over self cleaning...

26 February 2021 4,026 5 View