Monday, May 10, 2010

Time-temperature Superposition and going nuts




[1] Hope and pray?


Materialist said...

This sounds like an excellent little issue to outsource to underemployed coders. I would guess that for $100 (payment or prize) or less someone would write an Excel macro that would shift an example set of inputs so they overlap as desired.
I think many organizations would benefit from having a staff person dedicated to data manipulation macros.

John said...

Personally I think that the solution is part technical, but also part art/experience. For some materials (acrylates in particular regardless of the moiety), the system works very well and then it is just a matter of reducing the residual.

But for other systems, especially with fillers, you can't just go for a residual minimization. Instead you have to go with select portions of the curves. Maybe the right side, maybe the middle, maybe... It's something that you just have an eye for. something picked up over time.

Anonymous said...

"Any self respecting machine" Ha Ha!!! No no, these machines are stupid. I agree with Materialist that many organizations would benefit from somebody dedicated to data manipulation macros. Look on the bright side, at least you didn't run a series of samples only to realize residual surfactant from the emulsion polymerization renders all the data useless....


John said...

That does sound nasty.

Was that surfactant then used by your mother to wash out your mouth after all the cursing and swearing?

Unknown said...

Please help me to construct a master curve....
A method how to create a master curve