Objectives
- Check for swelling(thickness before and after water)
- Cure in the oven
- two hours in 66.5 C
- two more hours in 118.5 C
- Synthesize more films according to our regular procedure
- one TiO2/Epoxy film was vortexed for better mixing.
Swelling Test for TiO2/Epoxy film
- Cut film into three pieces to fit into falcon tubes
- The first film made on the 30th of january.
- Measure thickness and weight.
- Piece 1: 2.19 mm, and 1.89298 g
- Piece 2: 1.92 mm, and 1.74206 g
- Piece 3: 1.71 mm, and 1.64407 g
- Place a piece per falcon tube, and measure water to the 35 mL mark.
- Leave in drawer till next lab period.
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