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Particle Entrainment in a Counter-Current Flow Reactor

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How do I dispose of used Ferric Chloride etchant?

  • NipunaG
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Shear rate in rectangular "channel"

  • Ekaekto
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Best material for a shock resistant phone case

  • Zenvix
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Can slow cooling achieve fully annealed grade 2 Ti foils?

  • spiri
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What if Luders Bands do NOT show up as expected?

  • Lorenzo
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The cost of a carbon fiber car chassis

  • mastermechanic
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Rubber Properties for Scaffolding Tube Clamping

  • pete
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The current state of nanotechnology

  • Avatrin
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How to find the heat of vaporization of ABS?

  • PHstud
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E-beam Physical Vapour deposition

  • lamejane
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Is it possible to pour concrete in a vacuum?

  • Jebediah Kerman
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Vespel SP-1 material degradation in space applications

  • Ricardo Gomes
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Propagation length of the surface plasma wave (SPW)

  • Amany Gouda
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Understanding Steel Strength: How Does Steel Fail?

  • pete
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Stainless steel friction / galling

  • pete
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How does sound transmission depend on wall thickness and frequency?

  • Trontron
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Metal thin film adhesion, Au-Si deposition

  • minerva
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High Temperature, Non-conductive Material

  • DEngineer
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Cooling for Underwater Monitor Housing

  • David Dincer
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William Godfrey Lecomber's Cantaba copper alloy for bearings

  • Steve Crook
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Rotating magnetic field effect on aqueous mixing (opinions?)

  • Irl495
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Ferroelectric materials versus Piezoelectric materials

  • nabs16
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Perlite as an absorbing/adsorbing material

  • maistral
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Calculating Heat Exchange Surface for Fluid Flow

  • dRic2
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Energy needed to deform metal sheets

  • liquidFuzz
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Building a solar cooker which can store heat

  • PraAnan
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Volumetric flow rate in a PFR reactor

  • dRic2
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What is the difference between PP(polypropylene) and CPP?

  • Tae Hwan Kim
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Striving to determine a strategy of Goods production

  • Chris Kelland
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How does continuous coal feed work in vertical retorts without air entry?

  • brispuss
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How to study EPS foam extrusion defects and process control

  • nour hashem
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Molar volume and surface tension of nanoparticle

  • Farshad
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Looking for advice on a type of product I want to develop

  • leighgoodman
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How Can I Achieve an Aged Copper Look Without Chemicals?

  • NTL2009
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How can I cool down and heat up any liquid with the same element.

  • Deepak dabby
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Synthetic fibers (rope) that absorb water and shorten

  • tarakan
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Contact strength in ANSYS Workbench

  • Jiri Fila
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Microbiological Fuel Cell: Negative Voltage

  • Janak Preet
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Van der waals mixing rules for three or more components

  • maistral
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Tracer concentration + effective residence time for a basin

  • maistral
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What chemical should I use to etch away tin?

  • Klausius
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Standard chemical potential and activity of asphaltene

  • Farshad
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Conversion in equal volume CSTR and PFR

  • Jaller1404
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Differential scanning calorimetry of nylon 6

  • Quentin_alex
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PFR reactor, concentration profile

  • dRic2
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Electroless nickel coating of confined spaces

  • AligatorAmy
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Why Brittle Fracture is More Common in Strain-Rate Dependent Materials

  • cuigm371
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What is a 'mesostructure' in martensitic metal

  • Barry
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Acoustic impedance in Materials

  • sandon
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Thermodynamic second derivatives?

  • maistral
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Solid-liquid Equilibrium via EOS

  • Farshad
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Unsure Regarding Temperature Model for an Open System

  • John Kenneth
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What is the Science Behind Temperature Control Fabric?

  • BillTre
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Common practice for unloading arm drainage

  • DoItForYourself
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Pipe protuberance's effect on flow

  • Mangoes
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Electroless nickel plating - surface preparation

  • AligatorAmy
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Calculating pressures from flow rate & pressure differential

  • Jason Reid
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Which metal deposits first: Cu or Ni?

  • floydnfish
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Finding Young’s modulus by bending a beam

  • Fraser MacDonald
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Is ZEP-520A the only e beam resist available on the market?

  • anaqavi
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Does extraction cost scale linearly with ore grade?

  • Evanish
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Tensile strength and pull out force of a bolt

  • Ben Laycock
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Why do water heaters need an anode?

  • TSN79
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Effective Flexural Rigidity (EI) of Composite Cantilever Beam

  • lalala1plus1
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What causes ‘Sticking’ in pharmaceutical tablets?

  • jtdrexel
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Understanding Enthalpy of an Ideal Gas: Effects of Temperature and Pressure

  • alighazanfer25
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How surface tension is measured for molten metals?

  • ORF
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Characteristic linear dimension (Reynolds' number)

  • dRic2
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How relativistic effects change berkelium's chemistry

  • .Scott
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How to calculate bonding strength of an adhesive tape

  • Shady99
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What causes color change in powders during XRD testing?

  • Secpia
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How Do We Quantify Stress on Fabric at Support Contact Points?

  • Daniel Sellers
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Which Materials would be best for IR Ceramic Coating

  • Josah
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Magnetic conductive material but thermally non conductive

  • rajaryan
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How to prepare PLGA nanoparticles?

  • Kunal Aggarwal
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Installing Chemical Storage Tank: Pressure of Liquid or Gas?

  • NewEngineer
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Efficiency of hydrogen-oxygen injection into a gasoline engine

  • Le Luc
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Diamagnetism experiment with copper/lead

  • JoeSalerno
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Can Tungsten Be Used as a Solution for Yellowstone's Super Volcano?

  • Vrbic
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Oscillations and harmonics issues for components

  • Jake Miguel
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Easy way to test for Fusel Alcohols in ethanols

  • hispanic panic
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Getting rid of fuel cell / flow battery membrane

  • dgjxqz
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How to find cp and cv from example problem 11.1

  • williamcarter
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Tensile Strength of reduced graphene oxide?

  • chemisthypnos
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Can sound waves cause a burning effect on some materials?

  • Dimitar63
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Loading Over a span and selecting appropriate materials

  • Cobrasvt1999
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Melted cheese-like flow -- What is it called and its cause?

  • thepopasmurf
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Why are some chemical powders too expensive?

  • DrDK
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Reynolds Transport Theorem Derivation Sign Enquiry

  • williamcarter
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Difference between Steam and Vacuum Distillation

  • Gandhar NImkar
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Quantitative analysis -- manufacturing Furfural from bagasse

  • Gandhar NImkar
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Alternative to Mie Theory for Analysis of Homogenous Sphere

  • Ox2
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When are multiple smaller PFR tubes better than one large PFR tube?

  • AK414141
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Why Do Ductile Materials Neck in the Middle?

  • scott123
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