How To Guides

THESE GUIDES describe use of the equipment in the Polymer Analysis Laboratory. Some correspond to Chem 4010/4011, Macromolecular Studies I and II, and its Virtual Text.   Each link is to a Microsoft Word document or a PDF file; you may need Word Reader or Adobe Acrobat Reader to open them. Items that are not available yet on this site can be obtained directly from Professor Russo.

SAFETY

Hazardous Waste Label form (2004)

GENERAL

Excel Trick:  Using Solver (two examples in the directory -- see "solver" titles)

Laboratory Notebooks (Powerpoint Presentation)(how to keep a decent lab notebook--more than you think)

Survival Skills (how to graph, program, keep records, identify resistors, and other useful stuff)

Writing (advice from the macromolecular faculty)

Data Handling (Powerpoint Presentation)

SOLUTIONS

Making Solutions

Densitometry using the Paar DMA 58 (Word)  

Differential Refractive Index (dn/dc)   Excel Spreadsheet Template

•   Brice-Phoenix Manual (PDF)

•   Brice-Phoenix appendix (PDF)

Abbe Zeiss refractometer

dn/dc tables (Password Protected)

Solvent Properties

SCATTERING

Multiple-angle, multiple-correlator DLS (MADLS)

Guinier Plot (Radius of Gyration from Light Scattering)

Dynamic Light Scattering (Practice data for Laplace Inversion: Milk or Dow Polystyrene 1683)

DLS Alignment

Bock/Siano Microemulsion recipe

Light Scattering Intensity Measurements

Zimm Plots (program GuiDe; the Zimm Plot info is in an Appendix)

Learn about Laplace Inversion for Size Distribution (external; backup is saved on web; contact PR or RC if link is broken)

Malvern ZetaSizer Nano ZS

            Instructions

            Manuals and Tutorials (Password Protected)

VISCOSITY

Intrinsic Viscosity

Using the Wells-Brookfield Viscometer (you still have to read the manual!)

ANALYTICAL ULTRACENTRIFUGATION

Overview Document

• (Practice data: Velocity and Equilibrium)

• (Step-by-step Instructions for Velocity Run)

• (Step-by-step Instructions for Equilibrium Run)

MICROSCOPY

Microscopy from the Very Beginning (Zeiss Copyright: see Professor Russo)

Photography Through the Microscope (Kodak Copyright: see Professor Russo)

CHROMATOGRAPHY

Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC)

Gel Permeation Chromatography with Light Scattering (GPC/LS)

• Adobe Acrobat .pdf version

• Practice Data Directory

• Astra/Dawn Manuals, etc (Password Protected)

THERMAL ANALYSIS

TA Manuals, etc (Password Protected)

MATERIALS PROPERTIES

Anotop filter membranes

Whatman filter information

Refractive index for various polymers

SCHEDULING

PAL scheduling

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