Undergraduate Polymer Chemistry Laboratory Course Improvement

该机构的化学系通过购买Perkin-Elmer TGA-7热重分析仪，用新的实验和现代最先进的科学仪器升级了聚合物化学实验室课程。热重分析仪扩展了电流表征和物理性质方法，包括：1)与重量变化相关的静态方法-等压和等温，以及2)与重量变化相关的动态方法-热重和导数热重。该部门还为Nicolet 510 FT-IR购买了漫反射红外傅里叶变换(DRIFT)附件和水平衰减总反射(ATR)附件，这是先前的采购。这两个附件极大地扩展了Nicolet 510 FT-IR对聚合物样品进行红外分析的能力。这些对该系主要资产的升级使其能够大大加强其学生为在高度技术先进的21世纪的具有挑战性的工作世界做好准备。该机构为该项目提供的资金相当于国家科学基金会的资金。

The Chemistry Department at the institution upgraded the Polymer Chemistry Laboratory Course with new experiments and modern state-of-the-art scientific instrumentation through the acquisition of a Perkin-Elmer TGA-7 Thermogravimetric Analyzer. The Thermogravimetric Analyzer has extended current characterization and physical property methods to include studies of: 1) Static methods associated with weight change-Isobaric and Isothermal, and 2) Dynamic methods associated with weight change-Thermogravimetric and Derivative Thermogravimetric. The department also acquired a Diffuse Reflectance Infrared Fourier Transform (DRIFT) Accessory and a Horizontal Attenuated Total Reflectance (ATR) Accessory for the Nicolet 510 FT-IR which was a prior acquisition. These two accessories greatly expanded the capability of the Nicolet 510 FT-IR in infrared analyses of polymer samples. These upgradings of the department's major holdings enabled it to enhance significantly the preparation of their students for the challenging world of work in the highly technologically advanced twenty-first century. The institution contributed to the project in an amount equal to the NSF funds.