Why almost every element would be metallized in sufficiently high pressure and low temperature?

(This statement is from wikipedia, BTW). What is so special about metallic bond that is limiting high-P low-T state of a matter (as long as individual atoms exist, not white dwarf of neutron star...

02 March 2021 3,309 2 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

How Can I bring as much common elements in steel as possible to calculate stable phase(s) in OpenCalphad?

As I was tweaking step-by-step OpenCalphad6 Macros step1.ocm involving phase and thermal property calculation of a High-speed steel, I could not incorporate more than 6 elements in the steel...

01 March 2021 8,840 1 View

For Carbon-emission free steelmaking by electrolysis with nonoxidizable electrode in EAF, what would be electrode material?

While CCS can be employed along with a conventional Carbon-efficient EAF steelmaking process (especially from iron ore) or even Hydrogen or hydrocarbon can bee passed through central electrode,...

30 January 2021 3,378 1 View

What are the factors on which exchange current density of an electrode depends, and how can they be predicted?

While surface roughness is an obvious factor, this is not what is exactly asked. Rather, periodic variation of exchange current density (of an electrode) with solution chemistry (of electrolyte)...

30 January 2021 4,886 5 View

What are the thermodynamic and kinetic similarities and differences among dendrite formation during solidification of metals, ceramics and polymers?

Basic dendrite formation of metallic alloys are explained by thermal and constitutional degree of supercooling and most-supercooled band of liquid somewhat ahead of solidification front that...

30 January 2021 8,450 2 View

Is it possible to economically reuse the heat content of water vapour that is generated during quenching of continuous casting of steel?

A huge amount of water is evaporated to cool down and solidify the liquid metal strands coming out of bottom of CCM mould. The steam contains significant latent and sensible heat energy, besides...

26 January 2021 3,446 4 View

Why it is not permissible to correct all 5 classical optical aberration (spherical, chromatic, coma, astigmatism, curvature of field) simultaneously?

When first order paraxial optics is expanded to third order optics (i.e. sin x~ x-x3/3! instead of sin x~x) , these 5 optical aberrations result in. What is the rigorous mathematical proof that,...

26 January 2021 8,666 4 View

Is it possible to prepare clay minerals by mixing pure oxides of required elements? What would be theoretical difficulties with it?

Practically this is not at all necessary. But theoretically, would hydrous/hydrothermal synthesis be enough (like mix 1 mole alumina gel and 4 mole silica gel and gently heat) or would it require...

26 January 2021 6,403 3 View

How to prove possibility/impossibility to analytically solve the functional equation f(a ln x^2)/f(x)=x/2a; and how to find out the solution?

This is my very first encounter with functional equation of this kind, and methods of series solution and differential equations are of not much help. The solution to this problem, or at least the...

25 January 2021 6,053 5 View

What's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10?

What's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10? Since, the growth curve from day 2 to 10 won't be like the "Logistic curve" it might not follow logistic...

03 March 2021 1,401 3 View

How do you integrate the 'friction' variable Xi in the Nose - Hoover Thermostat in order to apply it to a molecular dynamics simulation?

Everything tells you the derivative of Xi, but not how integrate the value to implement it into a simulation. How do you do this?

21 February 2021 6,481 1 View

How to implement boundary conditions in Abaqus contact problems?

Hello I am trying to simulate crawling motion of a bilayer beam using Abaqus. Kind of similar to this: https://youtu.be/os-Z3ucoFpA I am using multiphysics enabled (diffusion, deformation,...

20 February 2021 2,916 1 View

Can fractal dimension of thin film surfaces affects the electrons energy states?

As fractal dimension of a thin film surface implies the irregularity in the surface. Is it possible that the energy states of the electrons are also affected by the fractal dimension?

19 February 2021 5,509 3 View

What will happen when we assume an upper bound of OFV lower than the global minimum OFV ?

if we assume 20 is the upper bound of an objective function (OF) based on permutation a square matrix (nxn) , The minimum value of the OF=22, then we run a random operator to compute the OF by...

14 February 2021 6,056 5 View

What is the nature of this algorithm?

What is the kind of this algorithm; Input : square matrix Objective function = minimization of total movements cost of matrix based on permutative manner Constrains : Lower and upper bound of the...

04 February 2021 2,050 3 View

When to use Darcy or Fanning friction factor in frictional pressure drop measurement?

04 February 2021 6,174 3 View

Could someone recommend papers about PSO technique?

Hi, everyone Could someone recommend papers about Particle swarm optimization (PSO technique), using MATLAB, please? Thanks in advance

03 February 2021 3,811 6 View

Which is the best software for the simulation of tribological properties of materials?

I want to simulate the tribological properties of solids, liquids, and fluids, please suggest good software.

02 February 2021 3,947 3 View

Cross-sectional area and mesh sensitivity in lattice modeling of RC structural elements?

In lattice modeling of RC structures, what is the mathematical concept behind choosing the cross-sectional areas for the simulation of, for instance, beams? Besides, seemingly, simulating the...

26 January 2021 2,638 2 View