I have to granulate/pelletize some nano materials for application in columns for water treatment. What can be a suitable binding material?

The granules so prepared are to be used in columns for remediation of contaminated water. The binder should not affect porosity and surface area of the granulated material. I have tried sodium...

03 April 2017 7,997 3 View

Activation of carbon!

I have carbonized cellulosic material and want to get activated carbon. How can I do this activtion?

01 February 2017 560 1 View

Can you please suggest a binder to make globules/pellets of nano material powders?

31 December 2016 5,678 4 View

Which is the BEST and most authentic way of distinguishing between physical and chemical adsorption?

The question raised by a younger researcher raised interest in related groups. Answers uploaded are logical, but it raises a further question in my mind: out of many, which is the best method/way...

31 December 2016 600 2 View

How logical is it to check the kinetic data for adsorption both the first and second order reactions?

11 December 2016 4,042 0 View

What is difference between impregnation and doping!

11 December 2016 3,354 3 View

Why are always taking molar ratios in case of biodiesel synthesis? What about taking stoichiometric ratios?

11 December 2016 3,461 8 View

What do you think about future 'energy source' of India?

01 January 1970 7,831 4 View

Enzyme support for enzyme catalyst!

OK Mr Naik, When inert, how would the support enhance activity of the enzyme?

01 January 1970 2,991 0 View

Ester cleavage conditions?

Hi all, I need to cleave the ester in Ethyl 2-amino-1H-imidazole-5-carboxylate to make the carboxylic acid and retrieve the product from solution to use in downstream applications of linking to...

01 March 2021 8,766 3 View

Any research papers for extraction of nutrient deprivation on macroalgae? Analysed by HPLC-UV and GC/MS. Possibly from macroalgae genus Rhizoclonium?

I am doing my thesis on the nutrient deprivation on the macroalgae Rhizoclonium sp. I will be analysing the levels over a period of roughly 5 days by HPLC-UV and GC/MS. I will be using seawater as...

28 February 2021 6,477 1 View

Is it efficient to do liquid biopsy to investigate the gene expressions of the tumor?

To do liquid biopsy and look for specific gene expressions there are so many published papers. Thera are different protocols and procedures used to isolate circulating cell free RNA or mRNA from...

23 February 2021 7,326 5 View

Any Homemade Organic Synthesis Practices?

Hi everyone, I am a teacher of Heterocycles Synthesis, Is there a home practice that you recommend for undergraduate students? A simulator would also be useful Due to the pandemic, students...

18 February 2021 2,769 4 View

How to predict the reaction pathway for electro organic synthesis?

Can anyone recommend some any software/models available that can predict substance reactivities and the reaction yield under a specific set of reaction conditions process and proposing pathways to...

17 February 2021 2,383 3 View

Has anyone encountered any problems with abm good microRNA primers for quantification of mature miRNAs?

I've been trying to quantitate mature microRNAs in 293T cells with and without 'X'. 2ug of total RNA (isolated by Trizol method) is converted to cDNA using All-in one microRNA cDNA synthesis kit...

17 February 2021 8,986 2 View

How to measure acetic anhydride solution with 18M sulfuric acid?

I am doing research on the synthesis of paracetamol. I am preparing acetic anhydride solution with a few drops a sulfuric acid and wish to measure the pH of this solution. However my pH meter...

14 February 2021 8,699 3 View

Can any one explain why the ethyl ester Biodiesel (FAEE) has higher than that of the metyl ester FAME- both of them are derived from the same oil?

Biodiesels derived from waste vegetable oil transesterification with Ethanol (FAEE) show higher peroxide values than those derived by transesterification with methanol (FAME) prepared under the...

13 February 2021 193 6 View

Best synthesis method for large scale silver nanoparticle synthesis with high yield?.Best post processing steps after nanoparticle synthesis?

I have chemically synthesized silver nanoparticle to combat microbes on wound site. I have used many methods of synthesis, but I found minimal field of silver NP product.I am getting whitish...

11 February 2021 4,964 13 View

CDNA synthesis or qPCR did not work?

Hi everyone! I extracted RNA from urine pellet using phenol-chloroform method. The yield of RNA was 160ng/uL. 3uL of RNA was used for cDNA synthesis in 20 uL reaction using Go-Script kit....

05 February 2021 6,587 4 View