How can i estimate encapsulation efficiency of microencapsulated zinc powder ?

the powder is produced by spray drying and wall materials used are gum arabic and whey protein isolate.....

11 December 2018 4,446 1 View

What is the size of alpha-cellulose?

i have extracted cellulose from the coconut shell powder after delignification and removing hemicellulose what would be the size of these particles and how to check the purity of obtained cellulose?

11 December 2018 1,840 1 View

Weather polyvinyl alcohol is missible with protein poiymer like zein or milk protein like casein or whey?

Polyvinyl alcohol polymer is a hydrophilic polymer weather it form missibe solution with milk protein like casein or whey protein or zein poyymers?

10 November 2018 1,238 0 View

How to disperse of titanium dioxide in PTFE ?

Please can any one give me a appropriate method to disperse the titanium dioxide (anatase) nano particles (

09 October 2018 4,536 5 View

What would be the cost of thermoinetic mixer?

more specifical ----model MH - 50H can you give me its specification adn prize and where can i buy i india

07 August 2018 509 1 View

What is the best method to solubilize the PTFE (Teflon) ?

which would be the best solvent to use for proper mixing of PTFE at atmospheric condition, please let me the exact procedure with specifications, such as heating temperature and equipment...

04 May 2018 1,918 2 View

How important is the glass transistion temperature (Tg) for food packaging films?

how Tg effect the characterstics of food packaging films? which is the best Tg for selection of packafing film?

01 February 2018 511 4 View

I want to make concnut shell powder and acacea gum mixed biodegradable cups so now i want to mould them in cups which method would be approprite one ?

the cups formed should be rigid please suggest an appropriate method or machine to formcups out the paste of coconut shell powder and acacea gum.

31 December 2017 1,799 0 View

Weather Poly vinyl alcohol can be used as a moisture barrier coating?

I was going through an article on PVA by chemical and testing assessment 61st JECFA , where they have mentioned PVA to be moisture barrier and mentioned that it can be used in high moisture foods...

11 December 2017 5,296 1 View

The water is considered to be best PCM (Phase change material) but why researchers are trying other PCM's do you think water as PCM has drawbacks?

I have reviewed some of the research papers they have used alkane based PCM's (paraffin) and E-12 for cold storage application, why not go for water as PCM which has high latent heat of fusion...

10 November 2017 9,798 11 View

What is the status of bread making and more bakery foods with the use of insect flour/powder?

Insects have been consumed by human diet since prehistoric times. At present, the idea of looking at insects as food has been getting traction worldwide, also in response to increasing food...

03 March 2021 6,223 5 View

How to grow E.coli on the low salt LB agar plate with 50 or 100ug/ml of Blasticidin?

Hello, I would like to ask how to grow E.coli which resists 50 or 100ug/ml of Blasticidin. I have tried many methods by using low salt Luria-Bertain(LB) agar plate. However, no colonies grow. Let...

01 March 2021 2,027 2 View

Why the results when using wall thickness and when using shell conduction are different in ansys fluent?

Actually, I am running cfd simulation for a heat exchanger which has two fluids one hot and other one is cold fluid. there is a solid domain between them, which I removed and instead I have used...

01 March 2021 9,537 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

Your thoughts on the spherical densiometer to estimate relative species canopy cover?

Hi biologists and biogeomorphologists, I want to characterize vegetation plots on a transect that follows a successionnal gradient from a river bed to a mature forest. Ecologically, I am...

26 February 2021 5,720 2 View

Stress/strain tensors decomposition ???

25 February 2021 6,760 1 View

What are the saturated salt solutions that can give specific relative humidity of 35%, 65% and 95% for conditioning wood specimens?

Due to the unavailability of climate rooms, I want to carry out an experiment that require the use of certain saturated salt solutions especially those that can condition the wood specimen to 35%,...

25 February 2021 8,139 1 View

How do you mesh a thin solid in Fluent?

Hello, I have used the shell function on SpaceClaim to create thin solids for the model I am studying. These are contained within an enclosure for my study. I chose this approach as it avoids the...

24 February 2021 8,856 3 View

How to Control Whiteflies in coconut leaves?

24 February 2021 1,005 1 View

Bayesian decision trees and bayesian regression trees in Python and/or R?

I am looking for implementation of bayesian decision trees and bayesian regression trees in Python and/or R.. Do you know if the existing libraries support this

23 February 2021 6,689 3 View