LYCOMING COLLEGE                CHEMISTRY 447            SPRING 1998

Course Description - Chemistry 447 is an introduction to and an overview of the synthesis, properties, characterization, and applications of high molecular weight materials, i.e., macromolecules.  Major emphasis in this course will be on the synthetic, as opposed to the naturally occcurring polymers.

Faculty                               Responsibilities                         Office
Dr. Henry E. Berkheimer    Lecture and Laboratory            - - -

Texts and Required Equipment
a. Text: "Introdction to Polymers", 2nd Ed., by Young and Lovell
b. Bound Laboratory Manual (Freeman)
c. Laboratory Safety Glasses
d. Lab deposit - $10 at lab checkin (refundable minus breakage at check-out)

Course Format
a. Lectures - MWF, 8:00 A.M. (HBC 215) - attendance required.
b. Homework - homework will be assigned at regular intervals and is designed to reinforce learning.  Due dates for homeowork are indicated on the syllabus but may be subject to revision.
c. Laboratory - Thursday, 1:00 - 5:00 (HBC 239) - attendance required.  A chronolgy of laboratory experiments will be issued shortly.  Laboratory experiments will be given out at least one week ahead of time; in some cases, advance lab preparation will be required.

Proper laboratory notebook recordkeeping will be stressed.

Grading Scheme
The final grade will be determined by the following weighting system:

        Homework            20%
        Laboratory            25%
        Hour exams (3)     30%
        Final Exam            25%

Letter grades will be assigned on the usual basis:

        A = 90 - 100%
        B = 80 - 89%
        C = 70 - 79%
        D = 60 - 69%
        F = <60%

Plus and minus grades will also be assigned where appropriate.  Assignment of the final grade will also be influenced by such factors as attendance and performance, particularly where a student has a borderline average.

Policy on Attendance for Exams
There will be no makeup exams.  If an exam is missed for a truly legitimate reason and the student informs me promptly, a zer will not be recorded, and other exams will be weighted more heavily.  The tentative schedule of exams is shown on the syllabus.

Office Hours
Office hours will be posted as soon as I have all students' schedules.  However, appointments for individual discussion can be made at almost any time.

Please do not hesitate to talk with me if any problems should arise.

            (WEEK OF)

DAY	DATE	WK#	LECTURE TOPICS	TEXT  YOUNG & LOVE	HW  DUE	EXAM
M  W R F	5 JAN  7 JAN  8 JAN  9 JAN	1	Intro, terms, struct/prop relations Applications, phys. props basics LAB Structure/mp, alkane mps	1.1, 1.2	A
M  W R F	12 JAN  14 JAN  15 JAN  16 JAN	2	Polymerizable species, Tg, Tm, & Tg/Tm MW avgs, hydrocarbon phys props LAB Conformation, tacticity	1.3, 2.8.1
M  W R F	19 JAN  21 JAN  22 JAN  23 JAN	3	Generalizations, examples, classifn. Nomenclature, polymer types LAB Polymer types & kinetics	2.1	1
M  W R F	26 JAN  28 JAN  29 JAN  30 JAN	4	Review HW-1 Step vs. chain rxn. polymers LAB Step-rxn. plymers & polymn.	2.2, 2.3
M  W R F	2 FEB  4 FEB  5 FEB  6 FEB	5	Step-rxn. kinetics & DP DP control, common cond. polymers LAB EXAM - 1		2	E-1
M  W R F	9  FEB  11 FEB  12 FEB  13 FEB	6	Review of E-1 Chain rxn. polmn. (free radical) LAB Chain rxn. polmn. (f.r.)	2.4
M  W R F	16 FEB  18 FEB  19 FEB  20 FEB	7	Chain rxn. polmn. (f.r.) Chain rxn. polmn. (ionic) LAB Chain rxn. polmn. (ionic)	2.5, 2.6
	23 FEB	SPRING	BREAK
M  W R F	2 MAR  4 MAR  5 MAR  6 MAR	8	Chain rxn. polmn. (ionic) Chain rxn. polmn. (coord.) LAB Dienes, summary chain/cond. polymn.	2.7 2.9 2.8.2	3
M  W R F	9  MAR  11 MAR  12 MAR  13 MAR	9	EXAM - 2 Review E-2 LAB Copolymn.	2.15, 2.16		E-2
M  W R F	16 MAR  18 MAR  19 MAR  20 MAR	10	Copolymn. Copolymn. LAB Polymerization techniques	2.4.12-2.4.15
M  W R F	23 MAR  25 MAR  26 MAR  27 MAR	11	Polymer solutions Polymer solutions LAB Polymer solutions	3.1, 3.2, 3.3	4
M  W R F	30 MAR   1  APR   2  APR   3  APR	12	Polymer solutions Polymer solns. & soln. viscosity LAB Charactn., struct. analysis, MW defn.	3.14 3.18-3.21	5
M  W R F	6  APR   8  APR   9  APR  10 APR	13	Charactn., fractionation EXAM - 3 LAB GOOD FRIDAY - no class			E-3
M  W R F	13 APR  15 APR  16 APR  17 APR	14	Review E-3, MW defn. Thermal analysis LAB Review HW-6, odds & ends	3.17 3.5-3.10	6