Sample preparation (28-days cement paste) for FESEM?

What is the best way to prepare 28-days cured cement paste specimen for FESEM. 1) Shall it be in powder form? what size? OR 2) shall it be in flakes/cubes (what size is recommended in this...

09 October 2019 2,738 1 View

Image Analysis of Porous Asphalt Concrete Specimen?

I want to use image analysis technique to quantify the percentages of cement grout filling up the void in porous asphalt specimen. Please suggest user friendly software to perform this...

02 March 2019 9,379 1 View

Is it feasible to use high speed shear mixer (10000 rpm) for mixing modifiers with Bitumen?

Is it feasible to use high speed shear mixer (10000 rpm) for mixing modifiers with Bitumen? How long will be the mixing process with this much speed?

04 May 2016 7,629 5 View

How do you develop master curves for dynamic shear rheometer testing results?

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04 May 2014 905 4 View

Semi-flexible pavement surface /Grouted Macadam

Dear researchers and experts I would like to know your technical opinion and suggestions on "optimizing the cementitious grout" for Grouted Macadam. I am planning to use various materials as a...

01 January 1970 5,961 3 View

What are the new trends in Asphalt Modifications?

What Type of modifiers/Additives are in HOT research topics nowadays?

01 January 1970 4,352 6 View

Buffer to disrupt platelet alpha granules for PF4 quantification?

Hello! I want to quantify by ELISA the secreted (from platelets poor plasma) and the non-secreted (from platelet lysate) PF4 before and after TRAP stimulation. I will use the ELISA from R&D...

03 March 2021 1,499 2 View

12% ledeburitic cold work tool steel, etched for revealing retained austenite, any help for clarifying?

Hello everyone. Given microstructure image belongs to a 12% ledeburitic cold work tool steel (annealed and tempered). The sample was etched with picral (100 mL ethanol and 4 g picric acid). I...

02 March 2021 4,119 3 View

Dapi fluorescence protocol for colon cell lines ?

28 February 2021 2,534 2 View

How can we simulate an hyperelastic-viscoelastic behavor with Ansys APDL?

I am working on modeling and simulation of biomecanical material behaviour, I have succeded on simulating skin using anisotropic hyperelastic material, on APDL and in our lab's finite element...

28 February 2021 552 3 View

LEDs on Vis Light photo degradation of MB water sol via N doped TiO2 in a mini flume?

Good day to all, I have no experience with light emitting diodes. I am building a glass mini flume to demonstrate the photo degradation of Methylene Blue in water running over self cleaning...

26 February 2021 4,026 5 View

Can anyone share his experience regards Smoothing in origin?

I am working on TiO2 composite material and the results of XRD have a lot of small/junk peaks and while I apply a smooth filter in Origin then the other characteristics peaks disappear so anyone...

26 February 2021 8,183 3 View

I am looking for a simple software program to model 3D chemical bonds. The purpose is to generate high-quality graphical abstracts. Any suggestion?

Hello everyone: I am looking for a simple software program to model chemical bonds. The purpose is to generate a high-quality graphical abstract for a top leading journal in the field of...

23 February 2021 8,012 3 View

Can I use acetic acid with an ELITE WAX Perkin Elmer column for Gas Chromatography?

Hi! I would want to know if I can use acetic acid with an ELITE WAX Perkin Elmer column for Gas Chromatography. This column has a polyethylene glycol phase, but I can't find the manual to check...

22 February 2021 730 2 View

How to build fluid structure interaction simulation for elastic ring squeeze film damper in COMSOL?

How to build fluid structure interaction simulation for elastic ring squeeze film damper in COMSOL?

22 February 2021 5,408 1 View

Is there an ideal incubation time of RGO-modified SPCE before subsequent use, i.e., electrochemical characterization or further modification?

I notice that upon washing and air-drying of my RGO/SPCE surface and characterizing again via DPV, the current response towards ferricyanide probe significantly decreases. My worry is that the...

22 February 2021 5,324 3 View