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Pérez, Juana M.; Ruiz, Cristina; Fernández, Ignacio – Journal of Chemical Education, 2022
NMR spectroscopy is a powerful spectroscopic tool that not only allows the determination of structures after synthesis, as usually explained to students of Organic Chemistry, but also is useful in many other fields such as medicine imaging, real-time industrial processes, material sciences, or metabolomics. In this experiment, students performed a…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Organic Chemistry, Spectroscopy, Science Experiments
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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
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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
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Yang, Yong; Li, Wanxia; Zhou, Ning; Shen, Jinyou – Journal of Chemical Education, 2020
All-solid-state polymer electrolytes (SPEs) have been regarded as an advisible alternative for simultaneously overcoming the safety issues and high energy density demands presented in traditional lithium batteries, and they represent the development orientation of energy storage devices. This course describes the preparation of a cross-linked and…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, College Science, Undergraduate Study, Chemistry
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Mancheño, María José; Royuela, Sergio; de la Peña, A.; Ramos, Mar; Zamora, Félix; Segura, José L. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2019
In order to introduce the concept of covalent organic frameworks (COFs), an important class of predictable crystalline porous polymers, an integrated laboratory experiment for advanced organic chemistry students is reported. The importance of these kind of polymers and their multiple applications are presented as a part of key concepts in polymer…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Organic Chemistry, Science Laboratories, Spectroscopy
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Koshut, W. J.; Arnold, A. M.; Smith, Z. C.; Wright, Z. M.; Sydlik, S. A. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2019
This work describes a semester-long learning module designed to equip students with the analytical and practical skills necessary to be successful in an interdisciplinary polymer research environment. This learning module combines laboratory experiments involving both synthesis and materials characterization with lectures in polymer theory, and…
Descriptors: Plastics, Hands on Science, Laboratory Experiments, Lecture Method
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Wanamaker, Carolyn L.; Neff, Brittany S.; Nejati-Namin, Azieta; Spatenka, Erin R.; Yang, Mong-Lin – Journal of Chemical Education, 2019
The importance of understanding factors that contribute to surface wettability is highlighted in this new organic chemistry laboratory experiment, which aims to introduce the application of organic chemistry at the interface of polymer chemistry and material science. Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), a hydrophobic silicon-based rubber, is polymerized…
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, Science Instruction, College Science, Undergraduate Study
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Dickson-Karn, Nicole M. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2017
A multi-instrument approach has been applied to the efficient identification of polymers in an upper-division undergraduate instrumental analysis laboratory course. Attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) is used in conjunction with differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) to identify 18 polymer samples and…
Descriptors: Laboratory Experiments, Undergraduate Study, Molecular Structure, Qualitative Research
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Kusch, Peter – Journal of Chemical Education, 2014
An experiment for the identification of synthetic polymers and copolymers by analytical pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS) was developed and performed in the polymer analysis courses for third-year undergraduate students of chemistry with material sciences, and for first-year postgraduate students of polymer sciences. In…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Experiments, Science Laboratories, Hands on Science
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Knoerzer, Timm A.; Balaich, Gary J.; Miller, Hannah A.; Iacono, Scott T. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2014
Poly(phenylene vinylene) (PPV) represents an important class of conjugated, conducting polymers that have been readily exploited in the preparation of organic electronic materials. In this experiment, students prepare a PPV polymer via a facile multistep synthetic sequence with robust spectroscopic evaluation of synthetic intermediates and the…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Laboratories, Plastics, Scientific Concepts
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D'Amico, Teresa; Donahue, Craig J.; Rais, Elizabeth A. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2008
This lab experiment illustrates the use of differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) in the measurement of polymer properties. A total of seven exercises are described. These are dry exercises: students interpret previously recorded scans. They do not perform the experiments. DSC was used to determine the…
Descriptors: Plastics, Chemistry, Science Experiments, Laboratory Experiments
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Paddock, Jean R.; Maghasi, Anne T.; Heineman, William R.; Seliskar, Carl J. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2005
A simple chemical sensor-related experiment rooted in the synthesis of polymeric materials for use in either an advanced high-school or undergraduate college laboratory is presented. Students are introduced to and combine to the concepts of the chemical sensor, polymer chemistry, spectroscopy, metal chelates, and quantitative analytical methods.
Descriptors: Plastics, Chemistry, Laboratory Experiments, Science Experiments