How to calculate the crystallinity of cellulose film?

27 February 2021 2,753 4 View

How does GROMACS calculate the average structure of proteins?

I want to get a average structure from a pdb file containing multiple models. I used the command below: gmx cluster -f input.pdb -s topol.tpr -cutoff 20 -method gromos -av GROMACS...

25 February 2021 6,314 1 View

Can anyone help me how to get the similar bands in Actin?

I run western blot on HCT-116 cell lines, I got actin band like in the attached picture. The band size is not same. Can anyone help me explain this situation and how to overcome? Thank you your...

22 February 2021 6,937 3 View

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The regenerated cellulose film was prepared by zinc chloride/H2O system. The zinc chloride had been washed away in the regeneration process, and the wet film which was not dried had uniform...

18 February 2021 9,538 1 View

R/Python package for time-intensity or progressive profiling in sensory evaluation?

Hi I've been looking for a stat package for my sensory evaluation data (progressive profiled which is a multi-timepoint version of descriptive analysis). Is there any available one to...

08 February 2021 9,170 3 View

Which journals accept the short papers in the field of civil engineering or in the field of corrosion?

I want to publish my pilot study about corrosion in RC structures in any journal. Please help me to find good options.

25 January 2021 6,413 3 View

How can I make sure the simulation results of the water droplet impacting on the wall using the FLUENT agree with the experimental results?

Dear researchers, I am modeling the process of the water droplet impacting on the wall with a constant contact angle. The specific calculation parameters are as follows: The droplet diameter is...

24 January 2021 1,020 5 View

Mysterious line across SDS gel?

Does anyone have the similar issue? A line across the denature SDS gel shows up after staining with Coomassie blue and there are many lines in every lane if you take a closer look. This gel had 15...

07 January 2021 5,610 4 View

How can I calculate packing density of particles by fomulas or softwares?

I have all data of particles, such as size distribution, or numbers. Is there any way that I can calculate the packing density of these particles? Assume that all particles are circular.

05 January 2021 4,272 2 View

After cellulose is regenerated in water, a cellulose hydrogel is formed. I want to know if there is crystallinity inside the the hydrogel?

After cellulose is dissolved and regenerated in water, a regenerated cellulose hydrogel is formed. I want to know if there is crystallinity inside the hydrogel, or it will not crystallize until it...

04 January 2021 7,466 4 View

What could be the reason for XRD pattern starting from very high counts/intensity at 3 degree 2 theta?

I am working on XRD analysis of the clay minerals from the sea sediments. My XRD pattern shows very high counts at the start of the XRD pattern (3 degree 2 theta) which is very unusual. The counts...

31 January 2021 4,493 9 View

Is it possible to prepare clay minerals by mixing pure oxides of required elements? What would be theoretical difficulties with it?

Practically this is not at all necessary. But theoretically, would hydrous/hydrothermal synthesis be enough (like mix 1 mole alumina gel and 4 mole silica gel and gently heat) or would it require...

26 January 2021 6,403 3 View

What are possible factors influencing the isotope-based hydrograph separation in river confluences?

When performing hydrograph separation (EMMA method) with isotope tracers in river confluences (natural large basin), we found that the contribution of each end member sometimes exceeds the...

20 January 2021 8,403 5 View

How can I realise the separation of clay mineral part from soil ? and what is this process called ?

Hey; I am looking to work on clays in my soil samples, So I need to extract them first. I know that I should first remove all the bending agents that make the clay sheets stay connected like (...

24 December 2020 7,082 2 View

Which software should be used for XRD analysis in case of soils?

I am using XRD test for indentification of minerals and amount of it.

10 December 2020 8,173 4 View

How to identify and quantify glauconite and illite/other mica present in same sample from XRD analysis?

In glauconite bearing sand stone sample other mica group minerals(illite, muscovite etc.) are also present. I want to quantify the amount of glauconite and othermica group minerals. How, I can...

10 December 2020 5,793 19 View

How to know if 87Sr/86Sr is reliable for Sr isotope chemostratigraphy in marbles?

I am currently looking for parameters to know if 87Sr/86Sr data is reliable for chemostratigrahy in marbles, and/or parameters to know if those marbles have had some post-depositional...

30 November 2020 9,032 8 View

How to obtain a mineral map using Hyperion image in ENVI or in Erdas Imagine?

Input is a Hyperion hyperspectral image. I followed steps Preprocessing, MNF, ppi, nD visualizer and SAM. Also spectral anayst used. I found minerals by spectral resampling of imagery spectral...

23 November 2020 8,915 4 View

Which isotopes can be used for preserving agricultural products?

Different kinds of Isotopes are playing very important roles in agriculture. They are used to detect different nutrient elements in soil and other crop improvement program. But which isotopes and...

16 November 2020 9,248 7 View

Can SEM-EDS give a chemical formula?

I have attached an excel file with the quantification of a mineral I conducted EDS on. I have more excel files of minerals too as I know EDS spectra for only 1 sample will certainly not be...

03 November 2020 6,899 9 View