CHE 529                                                Fall 2008

POLYMER EXPERIMENTAL METHODS

Time: Wednesday    4:45pm-6:25 pm,
Crawford 222
Lab: Monday    4:45pm-6:25 pm,
Tuesday    4:00pm-5:45 pm,
Tuesday    2:00pm-3:45 pm (sometimes),
Crawford 121 and elsewhere
Credits: 3
Professor: Michael Greenfield
Office hours:Mon 1:30pm-2:30pm, Wed 11:00am-12:00pm
Textbook: Polymer Characterization, 2nd edition, 2000
Dan Campbell, Richard A. Pethrick, and Jim R. White,
CRC/Taylor & Francis

Announcement: Papers will now be due on Tuesday November 25, and presentations will occur on that day. We will start at 2pm (location TBD) and will continue until we are finished. The injection molding lab will occur on a date to be determined.
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Curriculum
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Written out Lab report guide
Experiment 1: Introduction (Sept 9, 2008) and lab writeup guide.
Experiment 2: Dynamic Light Scattering (Sept 15-16 and 29-30, 2008) and lab writeup guide.
Experiment 3: FTIR spectroscopy (Sept 22-23, 2008) and lab writeup guide.
Experiment 4: Differential Scanning Calorimetry (Oct 6-7 and 14/makeup, 2008) and lab writeup guide (now revised). See also list of data.
Experiment 5a: Viscometry (Oct 20-21 and 27-28, 2008); lab guide now revised.
Experiment 5b: Capillary rheology via melt index (Nov 3 and ?, 2008).


Final exam: none


Questions?? Contact Prof. Greenfield