Synthesis and Study of Sustainable Polymers in the Organic Chemistry Laboratory: An Inquiry-Based Experiment Exploring the Effects of Size and Composition on the Properties of Renewable Block Polymers

ACS Symposium Series

Volumn 1233, Issue , 2016, Pages 123-147

  Fahnhorst, Grant W ^a   Swingen, Zachary J ^b   Schneiderman, Deborah K ^a   Blaquiere, Christa S ^c   Wentzel, Michael T ^b   Wissinger, Jane E ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b AUGSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CHEMICAL LABORATORIES; CURRICULA; DEGRADATION; LABORATORIES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CHEMISTRY CURRICULUM; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY; PROFESSIONAL TRAINING; RENEWABLE FEEDSTOCKS; STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE POLYMERS; SYNTHETIC POLYMERS; TRIBLOCK POLYMERS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84998891580     PISSN: 00976156     EISSN: 19475918     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1021/bk-2016-1233.ch008     Document Type: Chapter

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