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THESE GUIDES describe techniques and use of the equipment in the Polymer Analysis Laboratory. A "mirror" (modified) copy is kept in the Applied Polymer Technology Extension Consortium (APTEC) website.
LSU Office of Environmental Health and Safety (EHS)
Request for Hazardous Material Pickup & Disposal (Through the EHS Assistant Home Page)
Chemical Inventory Management System (Through the EHS Assistant Home Page)
Excel Tricks
Solver Template (does a linear fit the nonlinear way)(.xlsx)
Solver Demo (fits sum of sine & cosine)(.xls)
Laboratory Notebooks (.ppt) (how to keep a decent lab notebook--more than you think)
Survival Skills (.doc) (how to graph, program, keep records, identify resistors, and other useful stuff)
Writing (advice from the macromolecular faculty)
Data Handling (.ppt)
Manuals: Link to user manuals of instruments/equipment in PAL (Password Protected)
Making Solutions (.doc)
Densitometry using the Paar DMA 58(.doc)
Differential Refractive Index (dn/dc)(.doc)
Excel Spreadsheet Template(.xls)
Brice-Phoenix Manual (.pdf)
Brice-Phoenix appendix (.pdf)
dn/dc Tutorial (from APTEC) (.pptx)
dn/dc tables and papers (Password Protected)
Abbe Zeiss refractometer (.pdf)
Nano Measurement Protocols (NIST)
Sample Preparation Protocols (NIST)
List of BOOKS Related to Light Scattering
Multiple-angle, multiple-correlator DLS (MADLS) (.doc)
Guinier Plot (Radius of Gyration from Light Scattering) (.doc)
Dynamic Light Scattering Minicourse (.pdf)
*Final exam (.pdf) *Accompanying Data File (.xlsx)
Dynamic Light Scattering (Legacy Document) (.doc)
(Practice data for Laplace Inversion: Milk or Dow Polystyrene 1683)
DLS Alignment (.pdf)
Bock/Siano Microemulsion recipe (.pdf)
Light Scattering Intensity Measurements (.doc)
Zimm Plots
Download Zip File for Program GuiDe (.zip)
GuiDe Manual; the Zimm Plot info is in an Appendix (.doc)
Related J. Chem.Ed. article (Russo, Fong, Temyanko & Ricks, J.Chem.Ed. 1999, 76(11), 1534.
Learn about Distribution analysis for Size Distribution (External link @ softscientific.com)
Measuring the Size of Nanoparticles in Aqueous Media Using Batch-Mode Dynamic Light Scattering (.pdf)
NIST-NCL Joint Assay Protocol, PCC-1 Version 1.2 ( http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.1200-6)
Guide for Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) Sample Preparation (External link @ Brookhaven Instruments)
Malvern ZetaSizer Nano ZS
Intrinsic Viscosity (.doc)
Using the Wells-Brookfield Viscometer (.doc) (also requires instrument manual (BrookfieldLVTDCP (.pdf)))
Overview Document (.doc)
(Practice data: Velocity (.htm) and Equilibrium(.txt))
(Step-by-step Instructions for Velocity Run) (.doc)
Links to Microscopy Resources (Protocols, Tutorials, Vendors, Books, etc)
List of BOOKS Related to Microscopy
Microscopy from the Very Beginning (Zeiss Copyright: see Dr. Cueto)
Photography Through the Microscope (Kodak Copyright: see Dr. Cueto)
CHROMATOGRAPHY (GPC/SEC)
Manuals, Tutorials, Papers, Articles, etc. (Password Protected)
Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC) (.doc)
Gel Permeation Chromatography with Light Scattering (GPC/LS) (.doc) (.pdf version)
Practice Data (.zip)
BOOKS
List of BOOKS Related to General Chromatography
List of BOOKS Related to GPC (SEC)
SPECTROSCOPY (UV-Vis / FL / IR / Raman)
Manuals, Tutorials, Papers, Articles, etc. (Password Protected)
BOOKS
List of BOOKS Related to Spectroscopy
List of BOOKS Related to Fluorescence
List of BOOKS Related to Infrared and Raman
Anotop (Whatman (Cytiva)) filter membranes
Whatman Whatman-filtration-product-guide (.pdf)
Refractive Index of Polymers (Scientific Polymer Products, Inc website)
Finding Chemical & Materials Properties: by Material Type: Polymers (MIT Libraries Link)
PAL Scheduling (Please Note: New Scheduler as of 09/27/2021)
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