Your countertops make a big impression on your kitchen's overall look because they're so prominent and eye-catching. When buying new kitchen countertops, your budget is often a deciding factor in what ...

Surface area is a measure of the entire area that the surface of a specific object occupies. While simple geometric formulae for calculating the surface area of ideal three-dimensional shapes are ...

Particle size analysis (Figure 1) is the preferred method for characterizing raw materials used in pharmaceuticals, setting specifications for incoming raw material in order to determine appropriate ...

Magnesium stearate, a waxy, lamellar (platy) solid, is a widely used excipient in pharmaceutical technology. Primarily, magnesium stearate is added to a formulation in order to modify compaction ...

Researchers have shown that surface tension on a solid material is unconnected to the energy required to create a new surface. Consequently, surface tension on a solid does not exist in its ...