Can anodizing of stainless steel 304 make its surface non-electrical conductive?

Anodizing of SS304 creates a thick oxide layer on that. Is this layer non-electrical conductive? What thickness should be obtained in order to make the surface non-electrical conductive?

01 January 2021 3,359 4 View

How to determine the life time of a conventional nickel electroplating bath (Watts solution)?

Is there any equation to estimate the life time of a nickel electroplating bath (Watts-type solution) based on the concentration of the used salts, current density, deposition time and cathode's...

31 December 2018 3,721 6 View

How to increase the mechanical properties of the electroplated nickel coatings?

I am trying to deposit a pure nickel coating on a stainless steel substrate by means of a conventional electroplating process. But the deposited coatings have not shown an acceptable mechanical...

06 July 2018 2,040 8 View

How to determine the duration of salt spray (salt fog) corrosion test for a thin protective film such as titanium nitride?

I have explored in ASTM-B117 and also ISO-9227 which are two frequently used specifications for salt spray test. However there is not any information about the determination of test duration for a...

02 March 2018 3,794 11 View

How to prepare a sample of carbon fiber for TEM analysis?

02 March 2017 6,828 4 View

Is it possible to use SEM (not FE-SEM) to observe the MWCNTS?

we have a MWCNTs based composite. our MWCNTs are about 30-50 nm in length.

06 July 2016 960 5 View

What are the limitations of XRF analyses of coatings?

16 June 2016 592 2 View

What are the limitations of XRF analyses of coatings?

05 June 2016 8,773 2 View

flexibility of polymers chain

effect of double bond on the flexibility of polymers

07 April 2021 0 0 View

Formulation of polymer color flakes

I am writing to request some information for making polymer color flakes. I would appreciate the help.

17 March 2021 0 0 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

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 techniques can I use to determine the miscibility of polymer blends?

The term miscibility refers to the single-phase state in thermodynamics. I do not mean the compatibility of different components. To determine the miscibility I know several techniques such as...

03 March 2021 4,107 4 View

How the parameters (such as Mw, Chemical bonds, polymer bland and so on) affect the mechanic property of polymer (such as storage, loss modulus) ?

Anyone can recommend any books on such topics? Thanks in advance.

02 March 2021 8,457 2 View

How do I determine the degree of polymerization of PEG 400 based on NMR integration?

Hello, I am working on the photocatalytic degradation of PEG 400. I would like to know if it's possible to determine the degree on polymerization based on NMR integration, or by the MW of the...

02 March 2021 6,186 3 View

How to polymerize TEOS?

I want to polymerize TEOS on a surface. I know that NH4OH is a preferred catalyst and an alcoholic solvent should be used .But I can not find certain amounts of each material to use. Does any one...

02 March 2021 1,404 6 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

Adherance of Polyaniline coating over stainless steel?

Is the electropolymerisation of polyaniline coating over stainless steel (SS) via Cyclic voltammetry technique is really adherant? Else how to improve the adhesion of the coating, whether any...

01 March 2021 8,220 2 View