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Min Han; Jiaxin Zhang; Yiping Wang; Yan Hu; Ronghui Que – Journal of Chemical Education, 2024
A simple, safe, and easy demonstration of the reaction of sodium peroxide with water is presented. The reaction is performed in a plastic bottle by adding water to sodium peroxide supported in a rubber "thimble"; oxygen is detected by the reignition of a glowing splint, while the generation of sodium hydroxide is indicated by…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Laboratory Experiments, Science Experiments
Domenico C. M. Albanese – Journal of Chemical Education, 2023
An adipic acid esterification experiment suitable for graduate students has been developed to describe the industrial manufacture of plasticizers. Students first follow the progress of the reaction with simple acid/base titration enabling measurement of the acid number. During the workup of the reaction mixture, they learn how to manage the…
Descriptors: Laboratory Experiments, Science Experiments, Graduate Students, Science Instruction
Chang Chen; Yan Jin; Guangqing Liu – Journal of Chemical Education, 2024
Given the severe pollution caused by traditional plastics, biodegradable plastic products (BPPs) have received great attention and are appearing in people's lives in the form of packaging bags, tableware, etc. Whether a wide variety of BPPs can truly degrade depends on the environment. Aerobic composting is the arbitration method to evaluate the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Biochemistry, Science Instruction, Chemistry
A. M. Ranjika P. Bopegedera – Journal of Chemical Education, 2023
Calorimetry is a central concept in the first semester general chemistry curriculum, and constant pressure (coffee-cup) calorimetry is a common experiment in the laboratory. However, constant volume (bomb) calorimetry is traditionally reserved for the physical chemistry laboratory. This article describes the advantages of incorporating bomb…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Science Experiments, Laboratory Experiments
Karayilan, Metin; Vakil, Jafer; Fowler, Daniel; Becker, Matthew L.; Cox, Charles T., Jr. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2021
Polymer chemistry is essential within chemical education because of its applications in academic and industrial research, materials science, and across engineering disciplines. Teaching polymer chemistry principles early on in the undergraduate curriculum allows students to find connections between chemistry and real-world applications and can…
Descriptors: Plastics, Chemistry, Laboratory Experiments, College Science
Maksim Dolmat; Veronika Kozlovskaya; Eugenia Kharlampieva – Journal of Chemical Education, 2023
The essential component of expanding an undergraduate curriculum is the inclusion of lab experiments in nanoscience and nanomaterials, which significantly impact health and the environment through their use in food, cosmetics, agriculture, and medicine. We designed a laboratory experiment based on the atomic force microscopy (AFM) analysis of the…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, College Science, Undergraduate Students, Science Laboratories
Katherine R. McCance; Ana Maria Topliceanu; Darlene Echeverria; Shana L. McAlexander; Margaret R. Blanchard; Richard A. Venditti – Journal of Chemical Education, 2023
As e-commerce increases, the demand for packaging materials and the potential for generating waste and negative environmental impacts also rise. Packing peanuts are a type of plastic packaging material that are used to protect goods during the shipping process. Petroleum-based plastics are common packaging materials due to their low cost, light…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Plastics, Recycling, Conservation (Environment)
Walden, Sarah L.; Frisch, Hendrik; Unterreiner, Barbara V.; Unterreiner, Andreas-Neil; Barner-Kowollik, Christopher – Journal of Chemical Education, 2020
The prompt transfer of cutting-edge science into students' curricula is a challenging task. Often research experiments are too complex or expensive to be translated into a secondary or tertiary education setting. Herein, we introduce a laboratory experiment that translates the recently developed research technique of a wavelength dependent,…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Scientific Research, Laboratory Experiments, Physics
Ani Nvehr Davis; Stephan Georgiev Michaelov; Clayton Joshua Rogers; Leighann Rose Weber; Brycelyn Marie Boardman; Gretchen Marie Peters – Journal of Chemical Education, 2022
Polymer chemistry is an important subject in the undergraduate chemistry curriculum. It is required for ACS-certified degrees and significantly connects to real world issues like the plastic waste crisis. While some concepts of polymer chemistry can be incorporated into lecture courses, students' understanding of material properties and…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Plastics, Undergraduate Study, College Science
Scircle, Austin; Cizdziel, James V. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2020
Microplastics (MPs) are small plastic particles (<5 mm in size) that are ubiquitous in the environment and have even been detected in bottled water. In this laboratory experiment, suited for instrumental or environmental chemistry classes, students detect and quantify MPs in bottled water by filtering and staining them with Nile red dye prior…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Environment, Plastics, Identification
Chen, Qiaomei; Yang, Yang; Yu, Ying; Xu, Huaping – Journal of Chemical Education, 2021
This article introduces a novel experiment that involves vitrimers, a new type of polymer, in polymer chemistry and physics lab courses for undergraduate students. Vitrimers are permanently cross-linked networks that can be reprocessed under certain external stimuli. Therefore, they combine the advantages of traditional thermoplastics (excellent…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Physics, Teaching Methods
Sterner, Elizabeth S. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2019
Polymer chemistry lab experiments present a unique opportunity to allow students to experience the consequences of reaction mechanisms on the properties of the resulting product. In this organic chemistry experiment, students prepared a polyamide by three different reaction mechanisms that represent step-growth and chain-growth methods of…
Descriptors: Plastics, Science Instruction, Organic Chemistry, Spectroscopy
Cortés, María T.; Vargas, Christian; Blanco, Diego A.; Quinchanegua, Ingrid D.; Cortés, Cristian; Jaramillo, Andres M. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2019
The bioinspired polymer polydopamine is synthesized and deposited on semiconductive glass substrates under different synthesis conditions (pH and oxidant type). Electrochemical methods are used to verify polymer deposition on the substrate and to examine the charge transfer properties of the obtained coatings. The presence of aromatic rings from…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, College Science, Science Laboratories, Plastics
Gormong, Ethan A.; Wentzel, Michael T.; Cao, Boen; Kundel, Laura N.; Reineke, Theresa M.; Wissinger, Jane E. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2021
Polymerization reaction media can have a profound effect on the physical properties of the resultant polymer. This phenomenon is showcased in a new experiment for the organic chemistry and polymer science teaching laboratories wherein the radical copolymerization of biobased [beta]-myrcene and dibutyl itaconate is performed using a nonhazardous…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Organic Chemistry, Plastics, Science Experiments
Qianfu Luo; Chenyu Shi; Zhaoxia Wang; Meng Chen; Da-Hui Qu – Journal of Chemical Education, 2022
Given the importance of self-healing polymers for chemistry education, herein, we introduce our latest research results in self-healing materials based on thioctic acid into undergraduate chemistry laboratory. In this experiment, a natural small molecule, thioctic acid (TA), and a few other commercially-available reagents have been used to make a…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Plastics, Undergraduate Study, College Science