Undergraduate Polymer and Physical Chemistry Laboratory Improvement

本计画将在物理化学序列中增加第二学期的实验室，使用FTIR光谱仪和差示扫描量热计。本课程将着重于光谱学和高分子物理化学实验。扩展的仪器分析课程也将使用FTIR。新的仪器也将有可能恢复聚合物化学课程的化学选修课程。除了大大提高大学的仪器能力外，新仪器将使该系能够升级其课程，以符合ACS规定的标准。他们还将给学生提供在化学领域，特别是物理和聚合物化学领域的主要设备的实践经验。

This project will add a second semester laboratory to the physical chemistry sequence by making use of an FTIR spectrometer and a differential scanning calorimeter. The course will focus on spectroscopy and physical polymer chemistry experiments. An expanded instrumental analysis course will also make use of the FTIR. The new instruments will also make possible the restoration of a Polymer Chemistry course to the chemistry elective offerings. Besides significantly upgrading the instrumentation capabilities of the University, the new instruments will allow the Department to upgrade its curriculum to meet ACS prescribed standards. They will also give students hands-on experience with mainstay equipment in the field of chemistry in general, and in physical and polymer chemistry in particular.