Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement - Course in Polymer Chemistry

该提案的主要目的是资助购买实验室设备，用于聚合物化学：材料开发的讲座-实验课程。本课程的发展得到了一个由聚合物科学家和教育家组成的咨询委员会的协助。课程的讲课部分一般遵循A.C.S.联合聚合物委员会推荐的课程内容。每个实验室实验都包含两个部分：合成部分和测试部分。合成组件为学生提供常见聚合程序的经验，并用于准备用于测试组件的样品。研究的合成方法包括阶梯和链式生长聚合，自由基和离子引发剂，线性和交联聚合物，交替，随机和嵌段聚合物。测试部分包括使用标准化测试程序和现代聚合物实验室中现有的测试仪器，计算机接口测试设备进行数据收集，并使用电子表格软件进行数据操作和呈现。所使用的设备包括凝胶渗透色谱仪，差示扫描量热计/热重分析仪，蒸汽压力渗透计，粘度计和应力/应变测试仪。该机构将提供等额的奖金。

The primary objective of the proposal funds the purchase of laboratory equipment which is used in a lecture-laboratory course in polymer chemistry: materials development. The development of this course was assisted by an advisory committee of polymer scientists and educators. The lecture portion of the course generally follows the course content recommended by the A.C.S. Joint Polymer Committee. Each laboratory experiment contains two parts: a synthesis component and a testing component. The synthesis component provides students with experience in common polymerization procedures and is used to prepare samples for use in the testing component. The synthesis procedures studied include step and chain growth polymerizations, radical and ionic initiators, linear and cross linked polymers, and alternating, random, and block polymers. The testing component includes the use of standardized test procedures and test instruments currently found in the modern polymer laboratory, computer interfaced test equipment for data collection, and the use of spreadsheet software for data manipulation and presentation. The equipment used includes a gel permeation chromatograph, a differential scanning calorimeter/thermogravimetric analyzer, a vapor pressure osmometer, viscometer, and a stress/strain tester. The institution is matching the award with an equal amount of funds.