How to identify what type of fillers are in a polymer?

Hello everyone, I have some PHAs blended with fillers and nucleating agents, yet I don't know what kind of fillers or nucleating agents. The producer has shut down and there's no way to get in...

24 February 2021 1,356 8 View

How to measure the hardness for PLA & PHAs polymers?

Hello, I am a bit confused on whether to follow ASTM D785 (Standard Test Method for Rockwell Hardness of Plastics and Electrical Insulating Materials) or ASTM D2240 (Standard Test Method for...

21 January 2021 7,487 4 View

How to create suspended particles flow and simulate distribution in a chamber using CAD software?

Allow me first to apologize in advance for the long post. I have tried to keep it right-to-the-point as possible!. Objective To simulate suspension of solid particles using CAD software/create...

12 January 2021 6,389 2 View

How to properly purge an injection molding machine?

Hello, We're trying to purge a mini injection molding machine after not using it for a while now. The resin inside is PHA and can be some PLA left over as well. We've tried using a purging...

08 October 2020 4,659 5 View

How we could modeling orthotropic membrane elemnt in SAP2000?

I am trying to model steel plate shear walls in SAP 2000. First I should define an orthotropic steel material and define nonlinear parameter of it ( Stress-Strain curvature) in somehow to neglect...

22 May 2020 4,250 0 View

Hi,What is the names of all organic laser dyes?

Hi,What is the names of all organic laser dyes?

16 April 2020 3,543 11 View

Test aluminium foil If it has traces of rolling oil that could affect the coating adhesion?

I have to work with Aluminium foil (8079alloy- 38 micrometer thickness) , in the last months we encountered an adhesion problem between the aluminium and the coating materials (primer), so I think...

10 March 2020 2,739 10 View

How to calculate the surface area of the nanoparticles mathematically?

Please answer with equations or research that prove this

06 March 2020 7,428 3 View

Diabetes Locus of Control Scale?

Hi everyone. I am conducting a research study to explore the relationship between emotion-related variables such as locus of control and diabetes-related outcomes. However, I am not able to find...

29 February 2020 7,814 3 View

How to determine the initial phase angle in the SRF-PLL?

Dear all, My question is regarding the synchronous reference frame phase-locked loop (SRF-PLL), as discussed in the book "Doubly fed induction machines:Modelling and control for wind energy...

26 November 2019 1,829 5 View

Where to find data on trees in tropical agroforestry?

Hi, I'm looking for data (mainly related to management: growth rate, canopy size, soil and climate preferences, etc.) about tropical trees used in tropical agroforestry. Have you ever heard about...

28 February 2021 7,356 8 View

Your thoughts on the spherical densiometer to estimate relative species canopy cover?

Hi biologists and biogeomorphologists, I want to characterize vegetation plots on a transect that follows a successionnal gradient from a river bed to a mature forest. Ecologically, I am...

26 February 2021 5,720 2 View

Stress/strain tensors decomposition ???

25 February 2021 6,760 1 View

Bayesian decision trees and bayesian regression trees in Python and/or R?

I am looking for implementation of bayesian decision trees and bayesian regression trees in Python and/or R.. Do you know if the existing libraries support this

23 February 2021 6,689 3 View

How to assure whether a regression tree overfit or not by seeing bias-variance value of the model?

Lets consider a regression tree in which variance is 1.1065*e-10 and bias is 2.962e-13. Also the model RMSE on training set is 1.5e-5 and on training set is 1.2950e-5. Is the model is overfit or...

22 February 2021 7,755 2 View

Why use both bead beating and enzymes (lysostaphin and lysozyme) for DNA extraction from sputum samples?

Hello, I have read in a few publications that to extract total DNA from sputum samples, both bead beating and enzymes are used to disrupt the cells. Bead beating is supposed to be efficient in...

18 February 2021 3,360 2 View

Are cloud points able to identify tree species?

Hello Dears My goal is to classify dense forest tree species using drone images. Is it possible to classify dense cloud points? If yes, in what way and in what software? Thankful

15 February 2021 3,475 3 View

How to make a site-Selective Electroless Nickel Plating?

I would like to plating Ni/Au on the selected area. Can anyone give me a suggestion? It is a bit like to make golden finger on PCB board. Instead with the PCB board, I use polyimide as my...

28 January 2021 8,330 1 View

How to use PVQ Psychometric Tool?

Hello, I'm doing a research about if psychometric tools can be translated into video games. My main major is video games. So I'm an absolute newbie with psychometric tools. I have chosen PVQ tool...

22 January 2021 5,992 2 View

How to measure the hardness for PLA & PHAs polymers?

Hello, I am a bit confused on whether to follow ASTM D785 (Standard Test Method for Rockwell Hardness of Plastics and Electrical Insulating Materials) or ASTM D2240 (Standard Test Method for...

21 January 2021 7,487 4 View