University of Cincinnati Chapter of the
National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
Science and Engineering Fair
Labs:
1) Computer Simulation of Polymer Chains: Random
Walk
Generator,
Manias
Penn
State
2) Nylon Rope
Trick Video
(RPI), Nylon Synthesis
(USM), Nylon
Rope
Diffraction ,
Nylon Rope UMN Safety
3) Super Absorbant (Poly(sodium acrylate) or
polyacrylicacid):
SuperAbsorbent.doc
4) Poly(vinyl alcohol)/Boric Acid & HCl gel:
PVA
Gellation .pdf ,
Percolation
Physics, Java
Applet
5) Make Silly Putty: PDMS
Silly Putty Synthesis and Patent _
6) Foaming Urethane Reaction: Polyurethane Synthesis, Polyurethanes
(nasty things),
Urethane Dissertation VT, Polyimides,
Joe
Greene
Composite
Chemistry
Polyurethane
AB
solution
Video_ , larger
scale
Polyurethane
URochester, Large-Scale
Polyurethane
Demonstration, Reaction
Injection Molding (RIM),
Memory
Foam, more
7) Liquid Nitrogen and Rubber Balls, Happy and Sad Balls:
8) Redox Catalyst Linear polymer synthesis
poly(acrylamide): Solution
Polymerization
of
Acrylamide
(Soft
Contact
Lenses/GEP
Gel), Aqueous
Solution
Polymerization
Istambul
Lab
2.html, Lab
2.pdf