am going to take a short break from the site - admittedly, the targetting of me that occurred earlier by ADG in this chat has annoyed me somewhat. Not really a fan of being called a 'spammer', even as a joke. But mostly, my health has taken a downturn in the past day... so we'll see.
@santiago I am very sorry to hear that and I am very sorry the see you take a break. I hope you will return. And I also wish you all the best for your recovery, and I hope to hear good news next time we meet.
@ron We go off-topic all the time here. When LordStryker still had the time to visit, we also had some funny conversations. And @MARamezani and @santiago really brought life back into the place. Hang out more often, it's cool getting to know the people outside of their questions and answers.
And also thanks for the tip about Japan, I will go and check that out soon.
Oh and the ping only goes to your inbox when you are not currently chatting. That would be rather annoying. And also for the ping to work, you have to have been in the chat a while ago. So pinging @LordStryker now, would not show up.
@MARamezani reg your why N to C ratio in Austenitic stainless steels, its measured by gravimetric/spectroscopic methods. Though i am very suspect about N decreasing T of formation of carbides. i couldnt find much information from my books or the net related to this. I think its rather unclear statement.
nitrogen is just an alloying addition like carbon, so it isnt a catalyst as you think . It forms nitrides, interstitial solid solution with Fe like carbon. From what i looked it seems it deters formation of $ \ce{Cr23C6}$ . its unclear which carbide
@MARamezani i did Karate when i was a kid. right now mostly interested in gaming(rather one game called DOTA 2) and combination of cricket/football/tabletteennis and any outdoor game :)
@Santiago I see it's not just me that JB takes to task. I thought I'd turn the other cheek, so I responded to his Ioniz Pot question today, but he down voted that answer too. My parents always taught me that if someone is trying to be helpful say "thank you" whether they are helpful or not. That's why I think it is kind to upvote all answers to any question I might ask, just say "thanks". So a down vote from the OP just feels so cold.
@ron it would appear so - to be honest, he is coming across as a 'help vampire'. Anyway, I undeleted my answer chemistry.stackexchange.com/a/29331/15489 , added a bit of clarification and will be ignoring his questions from here on.
Anyway, I am back in hospital (since yesterday local time), am due for more surgery later today.
Basically there's a large machine which takes giant rolls of plastic as input (~1 km long, even more) and different layers get deposited on the substrate as it goes through
Quite interesting from a production scale perspective
The technique is still being validated for solar cells, but it shows great promise, especially to undercut silicon solar cells which are more efficient but brittle and costlier to manufacture
Though the silicon industry is massive and benefits enormously from economy of scale, so it may take a while before something like organic solar cells can become as cheap
Heh yeah, lots of things to tweak
Unfortunately science in Australia has taken quite a hit in the past few years
