Undergraduate Polymer and Physical Chemistry Laboratory Improvement

这个项目将通过使用FTIR光谱仪和差示扫描量热仪在物理化学序列中增加一个第二学期的实验室。本课程将侧重于光谱学和物理聚合物化学实验。一个扩展的仪器分析课程也将利用FTIR。新仪器还将使将聚合物化学课程恢复为化学选修课成为可能。除了显著提升大学的仪器设备能力外，新仪器还将使该系的课程升级，以达到美国国家航空航天局规定的标准。他们还将让学生亲身体验化学领域的主流设备，特别是物理和聚合物化学。

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.