A Proposal for the Purchase of a Differential Scanning Calorimeter for Use in Undergraduate Laboratory Instruction

阿肯色大学费耶特维尔分校化学工程系正在使用差示扫描量热仪在两个本科实验室课程中建立第一个材料科学实验，并在聚合物讲座课程中创建一个实验室组件。目前，与这一领域的重要性相比，该课程在材料科学方面的课程是不足的，建立这些实验是该系目前扩展到材料科学教育计划的组成部分。它的目的是向学生介绍这个无处不在的领域，以便他们可以意识到他们在相关领域的机会，如聚合物、微电子学、催化和其他固态子学科。之所以选择差示扫描量热计，是因为它在单一的、可扩展的系统中提供了材料科学一般领域中最多的有用实验。所有本科生在二年级和高级实验课程中都会接触到它，它也会在聚合物课程中使用。

The Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, is using a differential scanning calorimeter to establish the first material science experiments in two undergraduate lab courses and to create a laboratory component in a polymers lecture course. Currently, the curriculum is deficient in materials science offerings relative to the importance of this area and the establishment of these experiments is an integral part of the department's current plans for expansion into material science education. It is intended to introduce students to this pervasive area so that they may be aware of their opportunities in related fields such as polymers, microelectronics, catalysis and other solid-state subdisciplines. The differential scanning calorimeter was selected because it provides the largest number of useful experiments in the general area of materials science available in a single, expandable system. All undergraduates are exposed to it in the sophomore and senior level lab courses, and it is also used in a polymers course.