Physical-chemical formation of stalactites/stalagmites. what promotes the formation/growth of these structures?

I know, or think I do, the basic idea behind these natural structures, as from what I know they form due to water dripping from the top leaving a salt deposit behind. But started to wonder about...

22 February 2021 1,400 4 View

Can the intensity of this broad band in XRD mask other crystaline phases present?

I obtained a XRD diffractogram with significant broad band at low 2theta levels, also around 30 2theta another smaller broad band appears. It all points out to the existence of an amorphous phase....

19 February 2021 8,414 4 View

Heat exchange due to humidity difference ?

Hello everyone. How can I simulate evaporative cooling between air and water (isothermal) placed in direct contact? Is it possible to choose or set the humidity difference as the heat exchange...

11 November 2020 5,225 3 View

How can I simulate evaporative cooling between substances in contact using Ansys Fluent?

Hello everyone I need to simulate a counter-current flow between air and water droplets (in direct contact) which by evaporative cooling give rise to a cooling of the wall on which the droplets...

07 November 2020 5,458 2 View

TPB: Can you use indirect questions for direct measurment?

Hi, I am doing a research with Theory of Planned Behavior. The behavior is attending a course/training on the subject of orientation, navigation and topography in the next year. I completed...

18 August 2020 4,502 1 View

Is it possible to use a muffle furnace without N2 atmosphere to make Biochars?

Greetings Everyone. I am reading several articles about biochars and notice several use N2 atmosphere inside the muffle furnace. can you produce biochars without this N2 atmosphere or other inert...

17 August 2020 8,992 6 View

How to convert GeoTiff to a format compatible with FRAGSTATS?

Dear all, I need to process several classified GIS maps in FRAGSTATS. All files are in GeoTiff format. I do not have ArcGIS. I also assume that when you export files to ASCII format in QGIS often...

01 July 2020 2,433 5 View

How to prepare (good) conductive nanocontacts?

Dear all, I need to prepare electrical contacts in order to connect a gold pad with a semiconductor (few microm size) . i cannot perform lithographic process. Hence, how can I obtain good...

09 June 2020 9,756 8 View

Are COVID-19 clinical datasets available?

Do you know if (anonymised) clinical high-frequency datasets of COVID-19 patients, such as pulmonary function, blood oxygen level, blood pressure, cardiac interbeat interval etc., are available...

04 May 2020 2,195 5 View

What tunes the selectivity of ionic exchange towards an ion? can we predict it? Is it pH dependent?

Cheers Everyone. I was seeing some uses of ionic exchange to recover NH4 by ionic exchange with other cations in a specific matrix. And it brought me to question what drives an ionic exchange to...

17 February 2020 6,596 3 View

How to analyze a particular region of my simulation box in GROMACS?

Hi, I am using GROMACS 5.1.4 to simulate water in contact with a surface. I am only interested to calculate some properties of water near the surface. Let's say at a distance of x nm from the...

03 March 2021 9,989 2 View

How to get onecolumn document from standard IEEE ACCESS LateX template?

I have prepared a manuscript in IEEE Latex template, but for some purpose, I need to prepare a word file as well (detailed format is not required). Compared to two column .tex file, one column...

02 March 2021 1,830 3 View

How to repeat an operation on an atom selection for multiple times in PyMol?

Hi, I am trying to construct a multi-layer fibril structure from a single layer in PyMol by translating the layer along the fibril axis. For now, I am able to use the Translate command in PyMol...

02 March 2021 4,569 4 View

How can the modification of garden soil cause global warming?

Hello, I am working on a soil project and I found a primary research article that tests how the modification of agricultural soil can cause global warming, using a thermal collector, however I...

02 March 2021 7,161 3 View

Does anyone know how to plot my station to a section plot on Ocean Data View (ODV)?

I made a vertical section plot with WOA .nc file on ODV, and now I want to plot my stations (csv. file) in it. Does anyone know how to import my points to the section? They are two different...

01 March 2021 3,610 1 View

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01 March 2021 1,290 2 View

How can I convert .vesta file to a .cif file?

I've used the "export data" option in Vesta software to convert my unit cell into a cif file however when I use that cif in atomsk it shows error such as "can't read the position of atom 0". If I...

28 February 2021 4,966 3 View

How to modify Johnson cook equation in ABAQUS?

I wanted to add an extra parameter to the existing Johnson cook equation in the ABAQUS simulation. How to add those extra parameters. Ref: A modified Johnson-Cook material model with strain...

28 February 2021 4,841 3 View

How can we use a hybrid element in Abaqus Dynamic/Explicit for impressible materials?

Hi, all! How can we use a hybrid element in Abaqus Dynamic/Explicit for impressible materials? I have not find the choice for explicit element in Abaqus CAE. I am wondering whether it is possible...

25 February 2021 9,936 2 View

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25 February 2021 5,713 1 View