Recent content by dstahn

Hey Grinkle, thanks so much for the run down on what it is that I am looking at. Putting it that way helped me equate it to enzymes which I am much more comfortable with. I appreciate you helping me.

Is there any place in particular that I should go to look at how to get these numbers? I am trying to learn so I would prefer some place that gives steps and reasons. I am fine just plugging in numbers and getting answers but I would still like to learn why and how I am getting the results.

Not really no. Sorry, this isn't really my strong suit and I am trying to read and learn but I just feel way out of my depth on this project.

Sorry to mix units a bit here. It would be somewhere between 5-50nm thick film on a substrate that is about 0.015" thick.

Thanks for your input I'l try starting there and see if I can't find an equation to compare the two.

Hi all, I am very new to physics and have little to no background in engineering, however I am a biochemistry major whoe somehow wound up in material research lab. One thing I am having trouble understanding the thermal expansion coefficients, how they relate to each other and which one I...

The cable of a 2017-kg elevator has broken, and the elevator is moving downward at a steady speed of 1.64 m/s. A safety braking system that works on friction prevents the downward speed from increasing. At what rate is the braking system converting mechanical energy to thermal energy? Im not...