Sustainable Polymer Engineering
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Sustainable Polymer Engineering Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Sustainable Polymer Engineering (subject code 3174403) as prescribed for Chem. Green · Semester 7 divides the course into 6 units, covering 32 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3174403)Unit 1 Basic concepts and definitions
- repeating units
- structural units
- degree of polymerization
- molecular weight
- Classification of polymers: natural vs. synthetic
Unit 2 Structures and properties of polymer
- tacticity crystalline
- mechanism and kinetics of polymerization
- mode of formation
- Poly dispersity and molecular weight distribution
- measurement Bachelor/Master of Engineering Syllabus Subject Code : 3174403 Subject Name : Sustainable Polymer Engineering techniques
- effect of molecular weight on polymer end use properties Functionality principle
- Theory of polymer solutions: solubility parameter
- Mark-Houwink Sakurda equation
Unit 3 Polymerization reactions
- Addition Polymerization reactions 2.Condensation Polymerization 3.Rearrangements and Stereo Polymerization 4.Co-Polymerization
Unit 4 Techniques of Polymerization
- Bulk polymerization
- Solution polymerization
- Suspension polymerization
- Emulsion polymerization
- Comparison of bulk
- emulsion and suspension polymerization techniques
Unit 5 Polymer Degradation
- Polymer degradation (chain and random)
- Methods of degradation of polymers such as mechanical
- oxidative and bio degradation
Unit 6 Polymer processing
- Unit operations in polymer industries
- Compression molding
- transfer molding
- injection molding
- blow molding
- reaction injection molding
- rotational molding
- rubber processing in two-roll mill
- internal mixer