| Detailed information |
| Original study plan |
Master's programme Sustainability and Plastics Management (SPM) 2025W |
| Learning Outcomes |
Competences |
| Students are able to select and apply adequate characterization and test methods for identification of plastics and for assessment of (thermo)mechanical properties.
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| Skills |
Knowledge |
- to prepare samples and specimen and to run experiments on an IR spectrophotometer, a differential scanning calorimeter, a dynamic mechanical analyzer, tensile and Charpy test machines and a melt flow index measurement device (k3).
- to identify and differentiate plastics based on IR spectra as well as DSC and DMA thermograms (k3)
- to examine tensile and Charpy impact properties and the melt flow index or rate (k4)
- to establish simple structure/property correlations (k4)
- to systematically compile, present and discuss experimental results in a team of 4 to 6 students (k5)
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| Criteria for evaluation |
Practical work (30%):
- Engagement
- Discussion (of results) and interview
Presentation (30%):
- Engagement
- Quality of slides, oral presentation and discussion
Written exams to repetitorium and lab units (40%)
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| Methods |
- Thermo-analysis
- Dynamic-mechanical analyis
- Infrared spectroscopy
- Optical microscopy
- Tensile testing
- Impact testing
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| Language |
English |
| Study material |
- PM1 script
- Introduction at the beginning of the lab course
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| Changing subject? |
No |
| Further information |
Know-how in testing and characterization of polymeric materials:
- Practical experience on testing machines
- Competencies in data reduction and evaluation
Know-how in the field of polymeric materials:
- Structure/property relationships
Know-how in scientific-technical reporting:
- Competencies in presentation and discussion of experimental results
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| Corresponding lecture |
480BIPTCP1P11: PR Characterization and Testing of Polymers 1 - MPT (2,9 ECTS)
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