Undergraduate Polymer Chemistry Laboratory Course Improvement

该机构的化学系升级了聚合物 化学实验课程与新实验、现代化 最先进的科学仪器， Perkin-Elmer TGA-7热重分析仪。 的 热重分析仪具有扩展的电流特性 和物理性质的方法，包括研究：1）静态 与重量变化相关的方法-等压和等温，以及 2)与重量变化有关的动态方法。热重分析法 和导数热重分析。 该部门还获得了一个 漫反射红外傅里叶变换（DRIFT）附件 和水平衰减全反射（ATR）附件， 之前收购的尼科莱510 FT-IR。 这两 配件极大地扩展了尼科莱510的功能 FT-IR用于聚合物样品的红外分析。 这些装饰 该部门的主要财产使其能够提高 为学生做好迎接挑战的准备 高科技二十一世纪的工作世界 世纪。 该机构为该项目提供了大量资金 相当于NSF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.