Implementing Plastic Recycling Experiments for Improvement of Undergraduate Laboratory Education in Materials Technology

实施塑料回收实验以改进材料技术本科实验教育

• 批准号: 9350629
• 负责人: Peter Liu
• 金额: $ 4.84万
• 依托单位: Eastern Illinois University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1993
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1993-04-15 至 1995-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9350629&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Implementing; Plastic; Recycling; Experiments; Improvement

Since plastic packaging accounts for approximately 20 per cent in volume of the solid waste, recycling plastics will play a significant role in reducing the volume of solid waste to the landfills of decreasing number and space in the nation. Students must be educated in the methods to recycle materials in order to reduce future waste. This project is intended to improve materials laboratory instruction for major and non- major undergraduates by presenting a series of typical plastics recycling experiments, including collecting, grinding, processing, testing and analyzing of recycled plastics. The requested equipment includes a plastics granulator, an extruder, an optical microscope and a plastics hardness tester. These instruments and equipment are typical of those used in the recycling, quality control and property identification of plastics. The theoretical and practical experience in materials recycling will give students knowledgeable insight in reducing solid waste, conserving natural resources and protecting the environment. This project could serve as a model for undergraduate institutions in the nation for creating an understanding of the effect and need of recycling materials for the conservation of our environment and natural resources.

由于塑料包装的固体废物量约为20％，因此回收塑料将在减少固体废物的量减少到全国的数量和空间下降的垃圾填埋场中发挥重要作用。 必须对学生进行回收材料的方法，以减少未来的浪费。该项目旨在通过提出一系列典型的塑料回收实验，包括收集，研磨，加工，测试和分析再生塑料，以改善主要和非主要本科生的材料实验室指导。请求的设备包括塑料颗粒机，挤出机，光学显微镜和塑料硬度测试仪。 这些仪器和设备是用于塑料的回收，质量控制和财产识别的典型特征。材料回收的理论和实践经验将使学生在减少固体废物，保护自然资源和保护环境方面知识渊博的见解。该项目可以作为全国本科机构的典范，以了解对环境和自然资源的保护材料的效果和需求。