From where do the international classifications for the university rankings are taking their data of the published researches?

As it was well known before that most of the international university rankings are taking their data for the published papers mostly from Thomson Reuters (now Clarivate) database, however there...

02 March 2018 6,266 2 View

Is there a space dilation due to gravity? or it is prohibited?

The gravity affects the time and leads to its dilation, why this should not be happened also to space, is the length contraction previously found in special relativity lead to this prohibition?

10 November 2016 2,976 55 View

Are you interested in sharing your experience or your friend experience (without saying names) about the reviewing and editing process of a Journal?

The aim of this question is sharing experiences of different authors (good or bad) about the peer reviewing process of different peer reviewed journals (of course you can say name here) specially...

08 September 2016 3,467 0 View

Have any one tried to downgrade from windows 10 to windows 7 or 8 and find a blue screen error during installation?

I upgraded my windows from 7 to 10 then I found that some software are not working with windows 10, so I decided to downgrade to windows 7. This happened within the first month of installation of...

07 August 2016 7,366 0 View

Does anyone know any high impact journals in materials that accept two corresponding authors in their accepted manuscripts?

We have a situation that requires us to have two corresponding authors for our manuscript. Does anyone know any journals or publishers in materials science that accept two corresponding authors.

05 June 2016 6,077 3 View

How can we recognize the glassy phases in aluminum through XRD?

04 May 2016 1,064 5 View

What are the required conditions to form glassy phases in metals?

What are the required conditions to form glassy phases in metals? What are the required tests to prove their existence?

04 May 2016 4,849 0 View

What are the best foam materials for absorbing energy in compression?

I want to know what are the best foam materials that can best absorb energy in compression. What is the highest registered value? Can this be increased?

03 April 2016 7,426 7 View

Does anyone have any experience in publishing an article on peer reviewed journal after uploading it on his/her account on research gate?

I want to know if it's allowed to publish an article on a peer reviewed journal after uploading it on the personal account of research gate. Anyone has such experience, please share it with us so...

01 February 2016 3,127 33 View

Do you agree that the citation system and H-index evaluation need to be improved? How can this be done?

The citations is an important factor to evaluate the impact of any work, however within last decade, due to some faults in the evaluation system, this factor seems not to describe the real impact...

01 February 2016 2,242 11 View

What is the production process of CaFe ferroalloys?

I looking for ferro calcium production process

03 March 2021 1,755 4 View

12% ledeburitic cold work tool steel, etched for revealing retained austenite, any help for clarifying?

Hello everyone. Given microstructure image belongs to a 12% ledeburitic cold work tool steel (annealed and tempered). The sample was etched with picral (100 mL ethanol and 4 g picric acid). I...

02 March 2021 4,119 3 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

Do anyone here can help us in the field of molecular docking?

We have synthesized various metal complexes with different environment around the metals. Now to see the application of synthesized complexes we need this study also. we are also interested in...

01 March 2021 1,899 2 View

Distribution of particles in metal matrix?

How would define the "good" and "poor" distribution of particles within the matrix. Is there a quantitative solution to assess the distribution of the particles, which then having denotation of...

28 February 2021 7,397 8 View

Which transition metal salt precursor is best for doping? Why?

I would like to synthesize a transition metal doped TiO2 via solgel method. Hence, I would like to know which metal salt precursor to choose among Chloride, Nitrate, and Sulphate. A clear...

27 February 2021 4,285 3 View

What software programs can directly simulate Additive Manufacturing Directed Energy Deposition (DED)?

I understand there are a lot of software programs that can simulate DED by going through specific modeling, simulation, and commands. For me, that was time consuming and results were not accurate....

24 February 2021 4,428 3 View

It is necessary to reflux the Schiff base and metal salts to obtain metal complex??

24 February 2021 9,166 3 View

How to determine solutionizing time for cast Al alloys?

For wrought alloys soaking time at solutionizing temperature is determined by thickness .Do we have such standards for cast Al alloys

23 February 2021 8,839 3 View

How to calculate stress at the cross section of spherical particles within a matrix?

Hi all, I am currently working on some background calculations before I start a new project related to metal matrix particulate composites. I am trying to find a way to calculate the stress at...

19 February 2021 8,503 3 View