In which soils rice husk biochar should be applied as soil amendment ?

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Validation of analytical method: Intermediate precision ?

Hi, everyone I am wondering how to calculate the intermediate precision during the validation of a new analytical method (for soil analysis). Please see the example below: For one soil sample (10...

09 October 2019 7,164 5 View

Lime Buffering Capacity of acid soils: conversion from cmol (OH-)/kg/pH to mg CaCO3/kg/pH ?

Hi, colleagues. I am encountering a problem regarding the calculation of lime buffering capacity. You see that the lime buffering capacity (LBC) of soils has the unit of cmol (OH-)/kg/pH. However,...

09 October 2018 7,843 0 View

Which statistical test to compare the differences in chemical parameters among different soil layers ?

Totally I have 7 boreholes for soil, each was dug to the depth of 60 cm (10 cm intervals). I've got to compare the differences in chemical parameters among each of the six layers. So, what...

06 July 2016 5,731 7 View

Calculation of soil CEC

I am a litle bit confused with the calculation of soil CEC (by summing up the major cations). Imagine you have a soil sample in which the contents of Ca is 5 meq/100g (100 mg Ca/100g soil), Mg is...

01 January 1970 4,055 10 View

Chlorinated organic formation in odor control scrubbers using hypochlorite?

I'm involved in a study of odor control technologies for municipal wastewater treatment plant. One of the control options involves a chemical 2-stage (acid/alkaline) packed bed scrubber. The...

03 March 2021 3,661 2 View

What solvent can I used for Paal Knorr reaction between 6-amino hexanoic acid and 2.5 hexanedione?

I am try to make the Paal Knorr reaction between 2.5 hexnedione and 6-amino hexanoic acid, my problem is type of solvent to use, because 6-hexaminohexanoic acid is soluble in water but I am not...

02 March 2021 4,443 2 View

Ester cleavage conditions?

Hi all, I need to cleave the ester in Ethyl 2-amino-1H-imidazole-5-carboxylate to make the carboxylic acid and retrieve the product from solution to use in downstream applications of linking to...

01 March 2021 8,766 3 View

How to remove DCU and HOBT from my reaction?

I am doing a acid and a chiral amino alcohol reaction using DCC and HOBT in DCM or THF? Can anyone suggest me how to remove DCU and HOBT from a reaction mixture??

28 February 2021 2,153 1 View

What is the most common number of epitopes in an multi-epitope Vaccine?

hi everyone, I'm interested in the field of vaccine design specifically multi-epitope cancer vaccines , I want to know if there is a minimum and maximum number of epitopes we could use in a...

27 February 2021 3,882 3 View

How to increase solubility of Poly acrylic acid in Dioxane solvent?

I am working with Polyacrylic acid (100.000Da) and instead of water, I need to use another solvent (dioxane) to dissolve PAA. However, because of the high molecular weight, it's quite hard to...

25 February 2021 2,225 5 View

Why is NH4OH added in heavy metals limit test?

The limit test I'm referring to is USP method II. In this procedure you need to dropwise add 6N of NH4OH to the sample until it the pH is alkali. After that you need to dilute and add HOAc until...

23 February 2021 2,049 3 View

Is it efficient to do liquid biopsy to investigate the gene expressions of the tumor?

To do liquid biopsy and look for specific gene expressions there are so many published papers. Thera are different protocols and procedures used to isolate circulating cell free RNA or mRNA from...

23 February 2021 7,326 5 View

Is this the write procedure for acid digestion of soil for heavy metal analysis using AAS?

How to do acid digestion of soil sample with 3:1 aquaregia in an open vessel?

23 February 2021 3,053 7 View

What is the biochemistry of acidic solvents for phenolics extraction in strawberry?

I am using the Folin-Ciocalteu method for analysis of total phenolic content in ripe strawberries. I've read several protocol that suggest a methanol/H2O/formic acid (80:19:1) extraction solution....

22 February 2021 6,560 3 View