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

Can you please suggest a binder to make globules/pellets of nano material powders?

31 December 2016 5,678 4 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

How to polymerize TEOS?

I want to polymerize TEOS on a surface. I know that NH4OH is a preferred catalyst and an alcoholic solvent should be used .But I can not find certain amounts of each material to use. Does any one...

02 March 2021 1,404 6 View

How to quantify carbon deposition on CuZnAl catalyst?

Dear All, I want to quantify carbon deposition on the surface of the CuZnAl catalyst. I have tried thermogravimetric analysis, but I've got weight gain as the active Cu- get oxidised. Does anyone...

01 March 2021 1,907 3 View

How to calculate the fraction metabolized of a drug by an enzyme using clearance(ml/min) values of the metabolite formed?

I am trying to find the fraction metabolized of a drug by CYP and UGT enzymes. I am unable to get the values of fraction metabolized (Fm) directly from the literature. Can we calculate the Fm of a...

21 February 2021 5,379 2 View

How long does it take to design and validate transition state analogue inhibitors?

Hi, I'm asking from the point of view of designing a research plan: How long (approximately) can it take to determine the transition state structure of an enzyme substrate using kinetic isotope...

14 February 2021 2,610 1 View

Kinetics of Enzyme production in Recombinant E Coli?

Hello, I am trying to find kinetic information (such as rate of enzyme production etc.) on the expression of taq polymerase in E-Coli after inserting a recombinant plasmid. Any help would be...

12 February 2021 1,386 3 View

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Hello! I want to determine the activity of my in house Reverse Transcriptase enzyme. For this, I have used Thermo's Enzcheck Reverse Transcriptase assay kit. I used commercial Thermo RT enzyme to...

08 February 2021 7,285 1 View

How define one baker unit(BU) is the amount of hydrogen peroxide catalase ?

07 February 2021 2,006 1 View

Does DNA A-tailing survive after agarose gel electrophoresis and purification?

Hi everyone, I need to clone in pGEM-T vector the result of amplifying a metagenomic library by PCR with a high fidelity polymerase but I only want to clone the fragments of an specific size...

04 February 2021 6,051 8 View

What are some common oxidants used to oxidize iron sulfur clusters in proteins for techniques like EPR?

I have used potassium ferricyanide (which is likely the most common) extensively in the past, but I am curious to know if there are other oxidants that work well. I need to generate the oxidized...

29 January 2021 9,803 4 View

Papain Enzyme Assay...?

Hi all, I would like to know how can I estimate the activity of the enzyme, papain, which is used in reactions as crude latex extract of papaya. Please share some procedures if anybody having...

26 January 2021 569 4 View