How to remove the KOH from ethanolic etherification without using extraction method?

Etherification was carried out between aromatic -OH group and alkyl chloride in the presence of ethanolic KOH. The precursor is a bulky dye compound that consists of an aromatic -OH group and an...

04 May 2019 2,639 4 View

Why this polymeric DSC have three peaks and no dip?

The sample is polymer and I sent this sample for analysis. The obtained DSC curve was kind of unexpected. The curve looks different from what I have studied and seen before. 1. Why the glass...

31 December 2017 8,521 9 View

Is it possible to get the higher molecular weight(Mw) first before getting the lower Mw during the Soxhlet extraction of the polymer?

I tried to extract the polymer through Soxhlet extraction. According to some references, the sequence for the organic solvents is methanol, acetone, hexane, toluene, and chloroform. The...

11 December 2017 4,920 3 View

Can I use cellulose Soxhlet thimble instead of glass fibre thimble for the Soxhlet extraction in polymerization?

I read that most previous studies used glass fibre thimble instead of the cellulose thimble. The solvents are methanol, acetone, hexane, toluene, dichloromethane, chloroform. If I use cellulose...

04 May 2017 1,408 3 View

Why the entire FTIR spectrum shifted to the left after dimerization?

01 February 2017 9,964 3 View

How can I get freshly powdered KOH from commercially bought KOH pallets?

The KOH absorb atmospheric moisture quite fast when I manually powdered it.

01 February 2017 3,914 4 View

Which is the suitable NMR solvent for compound that does not dissolve in DMSO-d6 and CDCl3?

I would like to scan NMR for a compound name : 4,4'-dibromo-2,2'-diaminobiphenyl. According to some papers, the NMR solvents used are either CDCl3 or DMSO-d6. However, when I try to dissolve my...

31 December 2016 2,950 10 View

What is the purpose of adding HBr in bromination? Hbr/Br2 system.

Is the HBr was added to prevent the formation of HBr as by-product from Br2 during the reaction (minimize the wastage of Br2)? And to move the reaction forwards faster?

11 December 2016 4,878 7 View

Why DMSO is used even though the compounds are soluble in DMF?

I get to know that the solvent DMF is technically similar to the DMSO for organic synthesis, just that DMSO can dissolve more compounds than the DMF. Is there any special reason that DMSO is used...

10 November 2016 6,668 7 View

Can the commercial reusable dry ice packs be used as dry ice in my experiment?

I have a few packs of reusable dry ice-gel packs. They are sent along with the chemicals in a box for keeping the chemicals cool. Is it possible for me to use that "gel" as dry ice to reach the...

09 October 2016 9,004 5 View

What is the most Operating System (OS) which can be INSTALL on Tiny hard devices like Raspberry Pi (RPi) hardware ?

I'm targeting to deploy a mesh network and manually configure MANET routing protocols. I'm preparing scenarios, architectures, and hard devices needed to do that. Are there some step-by-step...

03 March 2021 1,931 5 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

High aspect ratio hexahedral mesh optimization solver?

I am interested in evaluating mesh optimization solvers that converge to high aspect ratio unstructured hexahedral grids. In other words, I am interested in a solver that optimizes warpage,...

26 February 2021 7,279 2 View

Can anyone share his experience regards Smoothing in origin?

I am working on TiO2 composite material and the results of XRD have a lot of small/junk peaks and while I apply a smooth filter in Origin then the other characteristics peaks disappear so anyone...

26 February 2021 8,183 3 View

How do you mesh a thin solid in Fluent?

Hello, I have used the shell function on SpaceClaim to create thin solids for the model I am studying. These are contained within an enclosure for my study. I chose this approach as it avoids the...

24 February 2021 8,856 3 View

Steps to calculate activation energy by coats & redfern method?

I'm a chemistry student and I'm researching the kinetic degradation of mixed plastic waste. I'm having trouble calculating the activation energy by the coats & Redfern method. The data that...

24 February 2021 974 1 View

How to delaminate copper in water-based anodes?

Hello everyone, I'm looking for a way to delaminate copper current collector of water-based anodes in Li-ion batteries without damaging the graphite film. I tried different materials such as HNO3...

24 February 2021 3,785 3 View

Have anyone checked before Cyclic voltammograms of intial ITO substrate and E-teck?

As a beginner in electrochemistry, I tried to obtain cyclic voltamograms of commercial anatase powder deposited on an ITO substrate or on Eteck. After several attempts, I noticed that my cyclic...

23 February 2021 3,175 3 View

How to reduce static electricity of powder after lyophilization?

I am working on synthesizing and then purifying peptides using the SPPS system. After purification of the peptide, the peptide powder is obtained using a freeze dryer. When measuring the powder,...

22 February 2021 10,099 5 View