Blending was performed with a laboratory blender (Waring Commercial, USA) for one minute, followed by a pause and then blending for an additional minute. Maceration in de-ionized water for one hour was performed. Coarse particles were removed using Whatman No. 1 filter paper (Whatman ...
Mealworms were kept overnight at − 20 °C, freeze-dried, and pulverized using a laboratory blender (HGB660 Waring Blender, USA) into a homogeneous MwM powder. The proximate (moisture, crude protein, ash, and fiber) were determined54 and the nutritional compositions of the MwM were ...
Within 15 s, the cement/silica blend was added to the mixing water placed in the cup of the Waring blender and mixed for 35 s at 12,000 rpm. All dosages of admixtures (FLA, retarder) are stated in % by weight of cement (bwoc). The aqueous solutions of the graft copolymer and of...