What is the reason of weight gain in TGA curve of a HDPE polymer sample ?

HDPE samples were aged at higher temperatures in the presence of water and CO2 than the TGA test was performed in Nitrogen? Weight gain is seen in the curve? What could be the possible reason for...

16 January 2021 5,644 2 View

Will programmable logic controllers (PLCs) be replaced by IOT devices as the latter become more reliable?

Will programmable logic controllers (PLCs) be replaced by IOT devices as the latter become more reliable?

29 December 2020 255 6 View

After extraction of essential oils from medicinal plants or plant parts, what are the possible ways to utilize the leftover?

If we extract the essential oil from a medicinal plant i.e., Ajwain seeds by hydro-distillation technique, it will yield about 2-3% essential oil. My question is about the remaining 97-98% portion...

16 December 2020 5,561 6 View

HOMER is used for optimal plant sizing and feasibility study across the globe, the optimal results are reliable?

Currently, solar installment at domestic level is at peak without any feasibility study. I used HOMER for an optimal plant size for green energy generation at community level. Please guide me...

15 November 2020 1,121 8 View

Is there any scale to measure intensity of corruption?

I am looking for a Likert scale to assess the intensity of corruption among general public. I have searched a lot, but couldn't succeed. Therefore, if there's one. Thank you in advance.

26 October 2020 6,636 3 View

Why material with same structure and composition performs differently in RAMAN Spectroscopy?

I was carrying out RAMAN Spectroscopy for MOFs. I have been carried out the XRD and EDX analysis for three samples synthesized by a different protocol. The crystal structure and chemical...

13 September 2020 7,167 5 View

How can we determine doping concentration?

How can I find the exact doping concentration in a chemically synthesized material? As there is no possible reaction which produces the same doping concentration of initially added ratio in a...

02 September 2020 3,613 11 View

Why sample disappear during SEM imaging?

One of my colleagues is working on the synthesis of metal oxide nanoparticle. We got a surprising issue in SEM analysis. When we start SEM imaging the sample got disappear within few second while...

27 August 2020 1,949 6 View

How to get an XRD peak for 2nd coat (MgF2), which is coated on Cadmium Telluride glass substrate?

We coated Magnisum Fluoride (1.5 Molar) solution and Spin coated on Cadmium Telluride (CdTe) glass plate. Anealed (heated in oven) at 70*Celcius for 2 hours and then sent for XRD. But we got only...

19 August 2020 1,678 3 View

How to check number of publications and citations per year on a specific keywords?

Hi, Can somebody please explain how to collect the statics of number of publications and citations per year on a specific keyword? For example, I want to know the exact number of publications and...

22 July 2020 214 2 View

error in running a model in Abaqus

Excessive rotation of nodes in node set ErrNodeExcessRotation-Step1

17 August 2021 0 0 View

error in modelling model in Abaqus

Excessive rotation of nodes in node set ErrNodeExcessRotation-Step1

17 August 2021 0 0 View

MGL tools

20 June 2021 0 0 View

fatal error

When I tried to energy minimization my system, I got fatal error as below. Fatal error: Atomtype opls_116 not found Although I've already added this line: ; include water #include "oplsaa.ff/spc.itp" to [molecultype] directive in my topology.

16 June 2021 0 0 View

fatal error

When I tried to energy minimization my system, I got fatal error as below. Fatal error: Atomtype opls_116 not found Although I've already added this line: ; include water #include "oplsaa.ff/spc.itp" to [molecultype] directive in my topology.

16 June 2021 0 0 View

fatal error

When I tried to energy minimization my system, I got fatal error as below. Fatal error: Atomtype opls_116 not found Although I've already added this line: ; include water #include "oplsaa.ff/spc.itp" to [molecultype] directive in my topology.

16 June 2021 0 0 View

fatal error

When I tried to energy minimization my system, I got fatal error as below. Fatal error: Atomtype opls_116 not found Although I've already added this line: ; include water #include "oplsaa.ff/spc.itp" to [molecultype] directive in my topology.

16 June 2021 0 0 View

i have some problem with chtMultiRegionSimpleFoam

--> FOAM FATAL ERROR: Maximum number of iterations exceeded From function Foam::scalar Foam::species::thermo::T(Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar (Foam::species::thermo::*)(Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar) const, Foam::scalar (Foam::species::thermo::*)(Foam::scalar, Foam::scalar) const, Foam::scalar (Foam::species::thermo::*)(Foam::scalar) const) const [with Thermo = Foam::hConstThermo >; Type = Foam::sensibleEnthalpy; Foam::scalar = double; Foam::species::thermo = Foam::species::thermo >, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy>] in file /home/ubuntu/OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-4.1/src/thermophysicalModels/specie/lnInclude/thermoI.H at line 66. FOAM aborting #0 Foam::error::printStack(Foam::Ostream&) at ??:? #1 Foam::error::abort() at ??:? #2 Foam::heRhoThermo >, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy> > > >::calculate() at ??:? #3 Foam::heRhoThermo >, Foam::sensibleEnthalpy> > > >::correct() at ??:? #4 ? at ??:? #5 __libc_start_main in "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6" #6 ? at ??:?

24 March 2021 0 0 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

Polymer composites suddenly solidifies?

I am making polymer composite by solvent mixing method. When I am trying to add filler solution in polymer solution it quickly get solidified. How to make them then uinform? It doesn't give time...

03 March 2021 7,540 4 View