Thermalgravimetric Analysis in the Polymer Chemistry Laboratory and in Undergraduate Research

该提案的目的是将热重分析纳入斯克兰顿大学本科高分子化学实验室和必要的本科生研究项目。化学系正在筹建高分子化学专业，该专业将开设两门高分子化学课程和一个高分子化学实验室。聚合物实验室的计划目前正在进行中，因为课程定于1995年春季开始。收购珀金-埃尔默热重分析仪TGA 7和热分析控制器TAC 7/DX将扩大我们目前的热分析能力，因此让我们的学生在聚合物热分析方面获得重要和有意义的经验。该仪器能够进行多斜坡实验，加热/冷却速率范围为0.1至200℃/min，增量为0.1℃，以允许进行动力学实验。由于该仪器可以在环境温度到1000℃的范围内工作，因此研究高Tc超导体和聚合物作为陶瓷材料前体的凝胶加工也将成为可能。

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.