Can I still publish a paper if there is something rather similar in a patent?

I've tested a variety of reagents for the synthesis of a compound and found one that has never been used before and yields a good product. after my experiments i did some research and came across...

08 September 2018 8,905 3 View

What does a higher (or lower) soil sorptivity indicate?

sorptivity is defined as the capacity of soil to absorb or desorb water by capillarity. but what does higher sorptivity mean? does it mean the part of infiltartion that depends on capillarity...

06 July 2018 1,604 5 View

How to show significant difference between data with letters in a table?

Hi everyone I have a question about showing significant difference between treatments in a table using letters. I have 6 total treatments (one control and 5 treatments) like this : Control...

06 July 2018 5,105 6 View

What is the difference between saturated hydraulic conductivity and field saturated conductivity?

05 June 2018 2,850 1 View

Can I use one way ANOVA to analyze my results ?

Hello everyone! In my experiments i have 5 different treatments plus a control, each treatment was carried out 3 times and i wanted to know can i use one way ANOVA to analyze the results? if not...

05 June 2018 7,259 3 View

Distillation of diethyl ether ?

05 June 2018 1,888 4 View

How to determine soil pH?

how is soil pH determined? I see that in some articles a 1:1 ratio of soil to water is used for determination of pH, and in some papers a 1:5 soil to water ratio is used, what's the difference and...

10 November 2017 2,063 16 View

Using microcrystalline Cellulose in a synthesis?

I want to use cellulose in a synthesis but looking through manufacturer's websites to buy it , all i can find is Cellulose microcrystalline . as far as i know microcrystalline cellulose is...

09 October 2017 9,829 5 View

Neutralization after working with Phenol?

After working with phenol what is the best way to clean the glassware contaminated with Phenol? is neutralizing them with 1M NaOH a good idea?

09 October 2017 7,574 2 View

Can i use aniline that has a slight yellow tint?

I vacuum distilled my aniline a while ago but now it has a slight yellow tint to it, i want to use it for polymerization. is it still usable? i would distill it again, but my vacuum system needs...

08 September 2017 8,885 11 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

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

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

How to calculate Z (the number of molecules in a unit cell) for calculating theoretical density?

I am trying to calculate the theoretical density of my ceramics materials. I use the formula below to calculate the theoretical density: Theoretical density = (Molecular weight x No. of molecules...

24 February 2021 3,823 2 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