Polymer Material, Properties and Structure
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Polymer Material, Properties and Structure Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Polymer Material, Properties and Structure (subject code 3173626) as prescribed for Chem. Tech. · Semester 7 divides the course into 7 units, covering 30 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 (3173626)Unit 1 General Structural Features of Polymers- Chemical & Physical structure, Thermal
- Glass Transition Temperature
- Chain Flexibility
- Polymer Degradation & similar effects
- The influence of processing parameters on the structure & properties of polymers & rubbers
- Molecular mass heterogeneity and structure properties
Unit 2 Molecular Weight Determination Techniques
- Study of the respective principles
- theories & application by the following techniques : Gradient elution technique
- Gel permeation chromatography
- Vapour pressure Osmometry
- Cryoscopy & ebullioscopy
Unit 3 Thermal Properties of Polymers- Glass transition temperature, melting temperature,
- heat distortion temperature, etc
Unit 4 Basic concepts of Rheology- Viscosity of Polymers and rubbers, Power law, Melt
- Polymers solutions: thermodynamics of dissolution
- factors effecting dissolution and swelling of polymers
- phase equilibrium of polymer-solvent systems
- polymer solution
- Florry-Huggins theory
Unit 5 Biopolymers
- Classification and Introduction to biopolymers such as starch
- sugar and cellulose
- their properties and applications
Unit 6 Microscopy and surface properties
- Microscopy: Basic principle of electron microscopy
- specimen preparation
- structure determination of semi-crystalline polymers by scanning electron microscope (SEM)
- transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM)
- Surface properties: Surface energy
- contact angle measurements of polymers
- Testing of flexible films for food applications
- Adhesion test
- Peel test
- shear test
- Identification of polymers using chemical methods
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