Schedule of experiments for CHE 395E Polymer Science and Engineering Laboratory by the late Dr. Joel Barlow [link]
Experiment 1: Characterization of an extruder operated at open discharge [link]
Experiment 2: Extrusion of polypropylene: Determination of constants in the power law rheological equations [link]
Experiment 3: Effects of time and temperature on the mechanical properties of polyethylene [link]
Experiment 4: Effect of molding conditions on mechanical properties [link]
Experiment 5: Impact modification of Nylon-6 [link]
Experiment 6: The plasticization of poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) [link]
Experiment 7: Color compounding of UT orange [currently missing]
Experiment 8: The polymerization of styrene (or methyl methacrylate) [link]
Experiment 9: Measurement of the viscosity average molecular weight of polystyrene (or poly(methylmethacrylate)) [link]
Experiment 10: Melt index testing of polystyrene (or poly(methylmethacrylate)) [currently missing]
Experiment 11: A study of melamine-formaldehyde laminate production [link]
Experiment 12: Compression molding of melamine-formaldehyde molding compound [currently missing]
Experiment 13: Preparation of urethane foams: A structure-property correlation [link]
Experiment 14: Sheet extrusion operations [link]
Experiment 15: Phenoxy/polyester blends [link]