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How to design plumb concrete ?

Plumb concrete is normally accepted for massive concrete works in which stone pieces of larger sizes are added along-with normal concrete to achieve economy. The proportion of concrete...

10 November 2019 8,049 3 View

How to use fragments of bituminous road ?

During repairing or removal of bituminous roads large fragments of bituminous road are generated as waste. How to use them? Can we extract bitumen and aggregates from them.

10 November 2019 3,810 2 View

What is the effect of effluent or polluted water on properties of concrete?

Most of the standards suggest to use potable water for making concrete or curing of hardened concrete. Due to scarcity or non availability of potable water, it is observed that tendency of...

01 February 2019 7,817 4 View

Are existing old and large structures like monuments, temples constructed in stone masonry, capable to resist earthquake? If yes, how to check it?

Old monumental structures like temples, historical buildings are constructed in stone masonry with large walls and massive arches which are in compression. These structures are beautifully...

09 October 2018 5,795 15 View

What are different techniques for collection of dust from the atmosphere ? How the collected dust can be disposed off?

Dust particles in atmosphere are of different types and varying in size, responsible for pollution. House dust mites and wind borne fugitive dust are common types need to be analysed and...

07 August 2018 1,370 2 View

Can we use shaving cream or shampoo as admixture in concrete?

Shaving cream is just like foaming agent. Will chemicals contained in shaving cream affect hydration of cement? Low cost shaving cream or shampoo can be experimented for determining their...

06 July 2018 8,839 7 View

How to check quality of crushed sand to be used in concrete?

Nowadays, only crushed sand is only option available for making concrete due to over exploitation of natural river sand. But quality of crushed sand is always questionable due...

02 March 2018 1,995 22 View

How to prevent leakage in RCC dams. which material is suitable?

Normally, leakages are observed in dams and inspection gallery are provided for necessary treatments. However in case of small dams like bandhara leakages are due to...

02 March 2018 5,679 0 View

How to remove rubber particles attached to concrete road surface due to heavy vehicular traffic?

Concrete Road surface must have certain coefficient of friction. Due to heavy vehicular traffic, rubber particles from wheels get attached to concrete surface. After a long period, concrete...

11 December 2017 1,936 4 View

Steel poles are get corroded at bottom due to poor design and maintenance .They are frequently replaced by new one. How to reduce wastage of steel ?

Steel Poles are subjected to corrosion mainly at bottom level particularly at the junction of footing or at Ground level due to accumulation and penetration of water in poorly designed...

09 October 2017 8,871 2 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

Is there a method of determining feed digestibility without the need to re-pellet the feed?

I am aiming to determine the ADC values of a commercial fish feed, but I do not have a steam pelleter or extruder available to me. Ideally, the pellets could be coated with some inert marker....

28 February 2021 7,967 3 View

How to immerse bricks in wax ( for coating ) ?

Do we immerse the bricks horizontally or vertically ? #bricks#waterproofingsurface#civil#engeenering#chemicalengineering#wax#parafinwax

28 February 2021 6,685 2 View

For gelatin coating for culturing HUVEC.Should the gelatin be made in sterile water or PBS? Do I need to autoclave the gelatin soln after making it ?

I want to use 0.1% gelatin. Should that be made in PBS or sterile water? Should I autoclave the gelatin soln after making it in water/PBS?

28 February 2021 274 2 View

How the wettability of rock sample can be changed by ageing in pure hydrocarbon oils only?

I want to do wettability analysis of hydrocarbon oil (octane)/rock/surfactant solution system. but to do the analysis first I have to make rock surface oil-wet. Since hydrocarbon oil does not have...

27 February 2021 5,383 3 View

Why is my platinum counter electrode getting dirty during electrodeposition?

I am conducting anodic electrodeposition of MnO2 onto a stainless steel substrate, using a platinum strip as a counter electrode. This is done galvanostatically, with the current held between 5...

27 February 2021 1,829 3 View

What pH condition required to coat APTES on silica coated Fe3O4?

It's a hydrolysis reaction, which may produce by either acid or base-catalyzed reaction. so can anybody help me with this, which condition is suitable for this reaction?

26 February 2021 1,760 8 View

What is the best surface to culture cells isolated from a skin biopsy?

Hello, recently I am having some difficulties with maintaining the cell culture of primary cells isolated from a skin biopsy (normal and malignant). The coating of culture plates with Matrigel (a...

26 February 2021 6,151 2 View

Unknown debris sheets observed in cell culture flasks?

Hi, We culture neural progenitor cells in T175 culture flasks coated with PLO-Laminin. We have successfully grown these cells with our protocol for months. Recently, we observed large sheets...

25 February 2021 3,443 4 View

How does charge on working electrode changes with rising potential?

During performing CV of a GCE or modified GCE, we rise the potential in the first half of the cycle and reduce it in reverse half. During the first half, what is the nature of charge on GCE or...

25 February 2021 7,994 3 View