Incorporation of Interesting Experiments into Polymer Chemistry Laboratory Course
ZHANG An-Qiang, WU Shui-Zhu, ZHAO Ying, LUO Mei-Xiang
Department of Polymer Material Science and Engineering, College of Material Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 10641, China
Abstract As the traditional polymerization experiments in the polymer chemistry laboratory course are often time-consuming, and there are many waiting time during the polymerization process, several less time-consuming and interesting experiments related with the fundamentals of polymer chemistry, such as PVA gel experiment, interfacial polymerization of nylon-66, and water-absorption properties of sodium polyacrylate resins (artificial snow experiment), were introduced to fill these time slots, thus the total class hours would not be increased. In recent years, the students' feedback on teaching showed that these interesting experiments were well received by the students and greatly enhanced the students' learning interests.
ZHANG An-Qiang, WU Shui-Zhu, ZHAO Ying, LUO Mei-Xiang. Incorporation of Interesting Experiments into Polymer Chemistry Laboratory Course[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Education, 2017, 38(10): 22-25.
