Course detail
Laboratory Classes in Instrumental and Structure Analysis - MS
FCH-MCA_ISA_MAcad. year: 2013/2014
Students are practically introduced with basic methods used for uncovering, observation and evaluation of supramolecular structure of polymer materials and their identification. Three quarters of practices are dedicated for the introduction and the last one for the students’ self-measurement of selected industry-applied polymer products in order to identify them and/or evaluate processing problem of them with the help of at least two learned methods. Selected are methods from microscopy (POM, CLS), spectroscopy (FTIR) and thermal (DSC) analysis. The stress is laid not only on understanding the principal of methods, which is connected with proper preparation of the specimen and suitable setting of testing conditions, but also on correct evaluation and interpretation of the obtained data, including well-arranged report in right format.
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1. The quarter of the mark comprises classification of written tests.
2. The quarter of the mark comprises classification of particular reports handed over in a demanded form (typography and format). The late handover decreases classification.
3. The quarter of the mark comprises classification of the self-measurement report handed over in a demanded form (typography and format) at the latest in the credit week.
4. The quarter of the mark comprises classification of the credit tests fulfilled in a minimum score of 60%.
Course curriculum
2. Theme: Isothermal crystallization of selected thermoplastics observed under POM
Examination: Written test on polymer morphology and Polarizing Optical Microscopy (POM)
Outlet: Report from the measurement
3. Theme: Chemical etching of selected thermoplastics and imaging of uncovered polymer surface morphology using CLSM
Examination: Written test on methods for uncovering supramolecular structure of polymers and Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy (CLSM)
Outlet: Report from the measurement
4. Theme: DSC of polyethylenterephthalat (PET) – structure changes caused by melt cooling rate; polymer identification
Examination: Written test on Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) in a field of polymers
5. Theme: DSC isothermal crystallization of polymers measured on POM
Outlet: Report from both calorimetric measurements
6. Theme: FTIR and FTIR-ATR of selected polymers and fillers; identification of polymers
Examination: Written test on Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) in a field of polymers
Outlet: Report from the measurement
7. Theme: FTIR and FTIR-ATR of co-extruded polymer packaging films; examination of the number of film layers on CLSM after their fracture in liquid nitrogen
Outlet: Report from the measurement
8. 8.–12. Theme: The student self-measurement of selected semicrystalline polymer products/materials from industry in order to identify and/or examine the difference between “good-bad” materials using POM, CLSM, DSC, and FTIR (the students choice).
Outlet: Compact and understandable report from measurement including correct form (typographic rules and format).
9. 13. Theme: Credit test
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Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Theoretical knowledge of students regarding the particular theme is examined by the written tests at the beginning of the practice.
The outlet of the practice is the report processed according to the instructions of the teacher and handed over in in time.
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Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
EHRENSTEIN, GW. Polymeric Materials : Structure – Properties – Applications. Munich : Carl Hanser Verlag, 2001. 279 p. ISBN 3-446-21461-5. (CS)
LEDNICKÝ, František. Mikroskopie a morfologie polymerů : Díl 1. Mikroskopie polymerů a preparační techniky. 1. vyd. Liberec : Fastr typo-tisk, 2009. 71 s. ISBN 978-80-7372-486-3. (CS)
LEDNICKÝ, František. Mikroskopie a morfologie polymerů : Díl 2. Morfologie polymerů. 1. vyd. Liberec : Fastr typo-tisk, 2009. 97 s. ISBN 978-80-7372-486-3.3. (CS)
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