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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Hi Walter, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Just want to thank you for your comments and advice. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Using the correct units, Liters/gram, for ks, made all the difference in fitting our data.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>John Sumida<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>University of Washington<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Walter Stafford [mailto:wstafford3@walterstafford.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 20, 2019 7:16 PM<br><b>To:</b> John Sumida <jpsumida@uw.edu><br><b>Cc:</b> RASMB <rasmb@list.rasmb.org><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [RASMB] SEDANAL question<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Question: which "scaling parameters" are you referring to? and which parameter is entered as 9 mls/gram. NOTE: The mass concentration units used by SEDANAL are L/g, not mL/g.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>So if you entered "9", you should try 0.009 (units are L/g)<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><br>Walter Stafford<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="mailto:wstafford3@walterstafford.com">wstafford3@walterstafford.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>"The things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone, but things you do for others remain as your legacy." --Kalu Ndukwe Kalu<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mar 20, 2019, at 19:55, John Sumida <<a href="mailto:jpsumida@uw.edu">jpsumida@uw.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Dear RASMB,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>In performing a multicomponent non-ideal fit using SEDANAL (ver. 693, and 705), the fitted scaling parameters consistently drift to their maximum upper limit value when N, the number points between meniscus and base, was increased from 500 to 1000 and above. This also was true if the initial guesses varied significantly from a value of 9mls/gram.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>What are some possible reasons that a fit would perform in this manner?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Thanks to all in advance for considering my question.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>John Sumida<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>University of Washington<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"ArialMT",serif'>_______________________________________________<br>RASMB mailing list<br></span><a href="mailto:RASMB@list.rasmb.org"><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"ArialMT",serif;color:#954F72'>RASMB@list.rasmb.org</span></a><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"ArialMT",serif'><br></span><a href="http://list.rasmb.org/listinfo.cgi/rasmb-rasmb.org"><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"ArialMT",serif;color:#954F72'>http://list.rasmb.org/listinfo.cgi/rasmb-rasmb.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>