Standard syllabus
Materials chemistry laboratory · Undergraduate · Chemistry
Learning objectives from the Materials chemistry laboratory syllabus, grouped by unit. Click an objective for study materials.
Learning objectives
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Materials synthesis labs
- Prepare a polymer, ceramic precursor, or thin film (as scheduled) — Prepare a polymer, ceramic precursor, or thin film (as scheduled)
- Control stoichiometry and processing variables — Control stoichiometry and processing variables
- Record processing history carefully — Record processing history carefully
- Observe morphology changes — Observe morphology changes
- Connect processing to lecture structure topics — Connect processing to lecture structure topics
Structure and property labs
- XRD/IR/UV-Vis characterization when available — XRD/IR/UV-Vis characterization when available
- Density and porosity measurements — Density and porosity measurements
- Optical microscopy of microstructures — Optical microscopy of microstructures
- Relate measured properties to bonding/structure — Relate measured properties to bonding/structure
- Compare samples made under different conditions — Compare samples made under different conditions
Thermal and mechanical tests
- DSC/TGA demos or teaching labs if available — DSC/TGA demos or teaching labs if available
- Hardness or tensile demos at teaching level — Hardness or tensile demos at teaching level
- Thermal expansion or conductivity intro labs — Thermal expansion or conductivity intro labs
- Discuss structure-property hypotheses — Discuss structure-property hypotheses
- Safety for high-temperature work — Safety for high-temperature work
Materials reporting
- Process-structure-property narrative in reports — Process-structure-property narrative in reports
- Include processing parameters as first-class data — Include processing parameters as first-class data
- Error sources unique to materials prep — Error sources unique to materials prep
- Literature comparison for a target property — Literature comparison for a target property
- Short design recommendation based on results — Short design recommendation based on results
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- Mixed Practice
- Multi-Unit Problems
- Review
- Practice test
- Answer key
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