Chimica | POLYMER CHARACTERIZATION LABORATORY

cod. 0522300028

POLYMER CHARACTERIZATION LABORATORY

	0522300028
	DIPARTIMENTO DI CHIMICA E BIOLOGIA "ADOLFO ZAMBELLI"

	CHEMISTRY
	2015/2016

PERCORSO COMUNE

	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2010
	PRIMO SEMESTRE

TEACHING UNITS

SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
CHIM/04	2	16	LESSONS	SUPPLEMENTARY COMPULSORY SUBJECTS
CHIM/04	4	48	LAB	SUPPLEMENTARY COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

	Objectives
	THE AIM OF THE COURSE IS TO INTRODUCE THE MAIN TECHNIQUES FOR POLYMER CHARACTERIZATION. THE COURSE OFFERS THE BACKGROUND THEORY AND THE PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF THE WELL-KNOWN POLYMER CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES.

	Prerequisites
	A BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF POLYMER SCIENCE IS REQUIRED

	Contents
	ORGANIZATION OF THE POLYMERS IN THE SOLID STATE: -THERMAL ANALYSIS (THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS (TGA), DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY ANALYSIS (DSC), DILATOMETRY, DYNAMIC-MECHANICAL ANALYSIS (DMA)) -AMORPHOUS STATE(GLASS TRANSITION (TG), PARAMETERS THAT INFLUENCE THE GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE, TECHNIQUES TO DETERMINE THE GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE) -CRYSTALLINE STATE(MORPHOLOGY, DEGREE OF CRYSTALLINITY ,THERMODYNAMIC ASPECTS OF THE CRYSTALLIZATION OF POLYMERIC MATERIALS, CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS, CORRELATION LENGTH OF THE CRYSTALLINE DOMAINS, SCHERRER EQUATION) -DIFFRAZIONE OF X-RAYS (PRODUCTION AND PROPERTIES OF X-RAY, ELEMENTS OF STRUCTURAL CHEMISTRY, BRAGG'S LAW, MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES, EXAMPLES OF APPLICATION IN THE FIELD OF POLYMERS) -SPETTROSCOPIA INFRARED (PRINCIPLES, SAMPLING TECHNIQUES, EXAMPLES IN THE POLYMERS FIELD) - MOLECULAR ORIENTATION (RX: HERMANS’ ORIENTATION FUNCTION, BIREFRINGENCE, INFRARED DICHROISM AND TRICHROISM) - MECHANICAL PROPERTIES (VISCOELASTICITY, STRESS-STRAIN CURVES)

ORGANIZATION OF THE POLYMERS IN THE SOLID STATE:
-THERMAL ANALYSIS (THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS (TGA), DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY ANALYSIS (DSC), DILATOMETRY, DYNAMIC-MECHANICAL ANALYSIS (DMA))
-AMORPHOUS STATE(GLASS TRANSITION (TG), PARAMETERS THAT INFLUENCE THE GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE, TECHNIQUES TO DETERMINE THE GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE)
-CRYSTALLINE STATE(MORPHOLOGY, DEGREE OF CRYSTALLINITY ,THERMODYNAMIC ASPECTS OF THE CRYSTALLIZATION OF POLYMERIC MATERIALS, CRYSTALLIZATION KINETICS, CORRELATION LENGTH OF THE CRYSTALLINE DOMAINS, SCHERRER EQUATION)
-DIFFRAZIONE OF X-RAYS (PRODUCTION AND PROPERTIES OF X-RAY, ELEMENTS OF STRUCTURAL CHEMISTRY, BRAGG'S LAW, MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES, EXAMPLES OF APPLICATION IN THE FIELD OF POLYMERS)
-SPETTROSCOPIA INFRARED (PRINCIPLES, SAMPLING TECHNIQUES, EXAMPLES IN THE POLYMERS FIELD)
- MOLECULAR ORIENTATION (RX: HERMANS’ ORIENTATION FUNCTION, BIREFRINGENCE, INFRARED DICHROISM AND TRICHROISM)

- MECHANICAL PROPERTIES (VISCOELASTICITY, STRESS-STRAIN CURVES)

	Teaching Methods
	LECTURES, LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS

	Verification of learning
	ORAL EXAM

	Texts
	SCIENZA E TECNOLOGIA DEI MATERIALI POLIMERICI DI BRUCKNER E ALLEGRA” EDIZIONE EDISES “FONDAMENTI DI SCIENZA DEI POLIMERI” A CURA DI M. GUAITA, F. CIARDELLI, F. LA MANTIA, E. PEDEMONTE, PACINI EDITORI. “INTRODUCTION TO POLYMERS”, R.J. YOUNG AND P.A. LOVELL, CHAPMAN & HALL; LONDON “AN INTRODUCTION TO POLYMER SCIENCE” H.G.ELIAS, V.C.H;NEW YORK