Can anyone shares interesting article on the topic of VOCs emission by marine paint?

I am interested in learning on the topic of VOCs emission by marine coating. I have read some articles which claim that VOCs emission does not only emitted during the initial stage of application,...

08 September 2019 7,005 4 View

What is a suitable pure paint binder with no pigment or additive for marine usage?

Greetings, Currently, I am trying to develop a new paint formulation. I already have in mind on what type of pigment and additive that I want to use. The problem is, I do not have a good idea on...

08 September 2019 7,211 6 View

Does salt precipitation or NaCl crystals attach onto a metal or coating accelerate the process of corrosion or coating degradation?

08 September 2019 612 6 View

Have artificial seawater been used for the application in a metal-based container?

To the best of my knowledge, artificial seawater is usually deployed inside a glass or plastic container such as aquarium. My inquiry is, has it ever been used in a metal based container? The...

07 August 2019 4,179 3 View

How does zinc oxide boost or increase the ionic resistance property of a coating exposed to aggressive solution such as seawater?

Can anyone share some answer on the question? I read some articles which said that it boost the coating property but I also found others which said the opposite i.e., that ZnO caused brittleness...

06 July 2019 8,486 4 View

Do you know how to calculate VOC in coating according to this formula?

The data obtained are as follows: W1 = 1.0 g W2 = 8.0 g SA = 10.0 g The formula as in below: Please help me.. I think I should get under 30% from the calculation..

05 June 2019 5,753 3 View

What is the easiest method to determine VOC content in paint or coating?

Greetings, I am looking for a fast and easy VOC content determination method for a coating. Can anyone suggest what method or tools that can be used?

04 May 2019 3,993 4 View

How to give a super hydrophobic property to the coating?

Greetings, I am interested in developing an eco-friendly anti-corrosive and anti-fouling coating for marine vessel protection. During the development, I come across a few idea such as...

03 April 2019 5,037 7 View

Why does a stagnant artificial seawater is much more corrosive than real seawater?

Greetings, Recently I just finish analyzing the impedance data collected on coatings which has been immersed in a stagnant artificial seawater inside laboratory and in real seawater at the beach...

03 April 2019 472 6 View

What is the meaning of negative value of resistance from EIS study?

During the electrochemical analysis (EIS) of my coating for corrosion performance project, I come across a few negative readings from both coating resistance, Cp and charge transfer resistance,...

01 February 2019 3,313 13 View

What are the most reliable approaches to extract key continuous frames from a video, with complete automation?

I have an input video, of skin (from a microscope that means it is magnified such that blood capillaries are visible). The idea is to extract 15 sec of continuous frames from a video of 1 min,...

02 March 2021 2,735 2 View

Which is the best place in the world for the plant biotechnology research?

I am searching for a good place for the Post Doc,

02 March 2021 4,053 3 View

How can extract ciprofloxacin hydrochloride disolve in water er to organic solvent such as dichloromethan or any other solvent?

I need a procedure to extract the ciprofloxacin hydrochloride from aqueous solution by using dichloromethane in detail,. I thank you very much.

01 March 2021 4,306 1 View

Which bacteria are suitable for quorum sensing screening?

I want to find a quorum sensing inhibitor from plant extracts. Klebsiella pneumoniae, Moraxella catarrhalis, Staphylococcus aureus, and Streptococcus pneumoniae. I looked for these strains...

01 March 2021 7,675 3 View

Isolates of Hymenoscyphus fraxineus?

Dear Dr. Cai, my name is Simone Prospero and I work in the team of Phytopathology at the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest Snow and Landscape Research (WSL;...

01 March 2021 1,133 1 View

How to perform statistical analysis of coefficients extracted from transform techniques?

I am studying the potential of DCT and FFT coefficients extracted from a signal to classify the different objects that emit the signal. I applied the Shapiro-Wilk to confirm that data was not...

01 March 2021 8,079 2 View

Where to find data on trees in tropical agroforestry?

Hi, I'm looking for data (mainly related to management: growth rate, canopy size, soil and climate preferences, etc.) about tropical trees used in tropical agroforestry. Have you ever heard about...

28 February 2021 7,356 8 View

How to remove fatty material from plant extract?

The resultant solid was partitioned three times with 250 ml of petroleum ether (40-60/c) to remove any fatty material and evaporated to dryness.

28 February 2021 9,464 2 View

Can water be extracted from Olivine?

I have always been interested in geology and wondered about how unique structures of materials behave in different circumstances. I stumbled upon Olivine, the magnesium iron silicate, and heard...

28 February 2021 7,330 4 View

How to make fractions of chloroform extract of plant, using seperating funnel?

28 February 2021 8,466 2 View