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Batch and Continuous Flow Reactors
30 Mar 2019 | | Contributor(s):: Adam Powell
Derive expressions for productivity of plug flow and perfectly mixed continuous flow reactors, discuss quality, and describe advantages of batch reactors.
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Blood Filtration
30 Mar 2019 |
Estimate flow rate of blood through two types of porous filter: an array of tubes and a packed bed of solid spheres.
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Blood Flow and Vascular Deposits
30 Mar 2019 |
Analyze the effect of increasing fat deposit thickness on blood flow through human arteries.
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Bottom Filled Mold
07 Apr 2019 | | Contributor(s):: Matthew John M. Krane
Calculation of mold filling times, with and without a constant height of metal in a riser. Problem uses modified Bernoulli equation for the mechanical energy balance and the students are asked to determine which resistances are significant.
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Cross-Link Polymer
16 Apr 2020 | | Contributor(s):: Nano-Link Center for Nanotechnology Education, Deb Newberry, Billie Copley, Jim Marti (editor), Laura Arndt (editor)
This module allows students to investigate forces and interactions at the molecular scale by mixing different liquids with a cross-linked polymer. The polymer (sodium polyacrylate) is similar to the structure found in cellulose and collagen. The interactions are dependent upon the charge...
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Gelatin Microfluidics
13 Jan 2020 | | Contributor(s):: Javier Cervantes, NNCI Nano
This lab shows the importance of channel design in biotechnology and nanotechnology and the methods used to study the behavior of fluids as they flow through a channel. Students will create and test a microfluidic device by creating narrow channels in gelatin, injecting dye in the...
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Lab on a Slab: Microfluidics Activity
13 Jan 2020 | | Contributor(s):: John Gomm, NNCI Nano
Microfluidics is a technique for manipulating liquid samples. With one drop of liquid sample, small devices and channels can be used with nanoparticles for sensitive detection of chemicals. In this lab, students will create a fluidic device with agar gel and use it to test and diagnose three...
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Nanotechnology Principles Lab: Lithography
07 Dec 2015 | | Contributor(s):: SHINE Project, SHINE Project
This lab consists of activities designed to teach students about lithography. The entire bundle can be downloaded by clicking on the download link in the upper right or compontents can be individually downloaded by visiting the Supporting Docs tab. Learning Objectives: To understand how...
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Oil Spill Flow Calculation Worksheet
18 Feb 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Steve Wereley
Worksheet to calculate the approximate flow rate based on video images.
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Polímeros Entrecruzados o Reticulados (Cross-Link Polymer)
22 Apr 2020 | | Contributor(s):: Nano-Link Center for Nanotechnology Education, Deb Newberry, Billie Copley, Laura Arndt (editor), jim Marti (editor), Rodfal A. Rodríguez (editor), María T. Rivera (editor)
Este módulo les permite a los estudiantes investigar las fuerzas e interacciones a escala molecular mezclando diferentes líquidos con un polímero entrecruzado/reticulado. Este polímero (poliacrilato de sodio) comparte similitudes estructurales con la celulosa y...
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REBO Nanofluidics Exercise
10 May 2006 | | Contributor(s):: Susan Sinnott, Hetal Patel
Nanofluidics exercise showing the variation of energy and position of methane and butane molecules flowing through an opened carbon nanotube as the system temperature and the length of the nanotube are varied.
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Stokes Flow Past a Fluid Sphere
20 Mar 2019 | | Contributor(s):: Adam Powell
The solution to the Stokes flow equations for viscous flow past a viscous sphere, which in the limiting cases of zero and infinite interior viscosity gives the drag force on bubbles and solid spheres respectively.