last modified: 16/08/2005

Course code: CH4121MS

Course name: Practicals Characterisation & Processing

This concerns a Course

In the program of  MSc MSE

EC (European Credits): 4 (1 EC concerns a work load of 28 hours)

Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering

Department of Materials Science Engineering

Lecturer 1: S.J. Picken

Tel.:  015 - 27 86946 / 81828

Lecturer 2: E. Mendes

Lecturer 3:      

Catalog data:

Practicals Characterisation & Processing will be based on an assigment. Students will have to work out the details themselves guided by the supervisors and technicians involved. It requires making of samples, testing, characterisation and evaluation.

Course year:

MSc 2nd year

Course language:

English

 

In case of Dutch: Please contact the lecturer about an English alternative, whenever needed.

Semester:

1A

Hours per week:

8

Other hours:

 

Assessment:

Written report

Assessment period:

1A

(see academic calendar)

 

Prerequisites (course codes):

     

Follow up (course codes):

     

Detailed description of topics:

The practical will be a based on an assigment project. The actual work will depend on the assignment (e.g. make and characterise a graphite filled composite). Some of the techniques you might expect to use are:

1) Characterisation: XRD, Opt. Microscopy, DSC, TGA, HDT

2) Dynamics: DMA, DRS, Simulation MD/MC, chain statistics

3) Applications & processing: Rheology during cure of thermoset, Reaction heat determination, thermal conduction measurement, blend/nano-composite manufacture & evaluation

Course material:

  • this will be made available at the start of the practicum

References from literature:

  • some literature will be made available at the start of the practicum, other you will have to find and assimilate yourself

Remarks assessment, entry requirements, etc.:

The assesment is based on your laboratory skills, understanding of the basics of the techniques, the methods and solutions you use to tackle the problem, finally you should compose a written report and present your results.

Learning goals:

To obtain skills in chracterisation and processing techniques that are commonly used in polymer research. To gain experience in problem solving and improvisation.

Computer use:

analysis of experimental data, MS-Word & Powerpoint, literature search: Web of Science, Google etc.

Laboratory project(s):

     

Design content:

this will depend on the topic, processing and characterisation skills are useful for design