Thermalgravimetric Analysis in the Polymer Chemistry Laboratory and in Undergraduate Research

9450978纳萨维奇这项建议的目标是将热重分析纳入斯克兰顿大学本科生聚合物化学实验室和必修的本科生研究课程。化学系正在建立聚合物化学专业，这将需要两门聚合物化学课程和一个聚合物化学实验室。聚合物实验室的计划目前正在进行中，因为课程计划于1995年春季开始。收购Perkin-Elmer热重分析仪TGA 7和热分析控制器TAC 7/DX将扩展我们目前的热分析能力，从而使我们的学生在聚合物热分析方面获得重要而有意义的经验。该仪器能够进行多阶梯实验，加热/冷却速度范围为0.1至200℃/分钟，增量为0.1℃，以进行动力学实验。由于该仪器在室温至1000摄氏度的范围内工作，因此研究高温超导体和聚合物作为陶瓷材料的前驱体的凝胶工艺也将成为可能。

9450978 Narsavage The objective of this proposal is to incorporate thermalgravimetric analysis into the undergraduate polymer chemistry lab and the required undergraduate student research program at the University of Scranton. The Chemistry Department is in the process of establishing a Polymer Chemistry major which will require two polymer chemistry courses and a polymer chemistry lab. Plans for the polymer lab are currently underway since the course is scheduled to begin in the Spring of 1995. Acquisition of a Perkin-Elmer Thermalgravimetric Analyzer TGA 7 and Thermal Analysis Controller TAC 7/DX will expand our current thermal analysis capabilities and therefore allow our students to gain significant and meaningful experience in the thermal analysis of polymers. The instrument is capable of multi-ramp experiments with heating/cooling rate ranges from 0.1 to 200 C/min in 0.1 C increments to allow for kinetics experiments. Since the instrument operates from ambient temperature to 1000 C, the study of gel processing of high Tc superconductors and polymers as precursors to ceramic materials will also be possible.