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Polymer Crystalization
The Polymer Crystallization experiment involves heating a polymer, the Polyethylene Oxide (a.k.a. PEO), above its melting point and then let it cool down to several controlled temperatures (where it crystallizes), in order to draw conclusions about the characteristics of the PEO crystal formation. The crystals are observed using a very expensive polarized light microscope. The polymer Crystallization experiment is memoryless, in the sense that it can be repeated over and over using the same polymer sample, without affecting future experiment runs.
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