Basics of Plastics
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The official GTU curriculum for Basics of Plastics (subject code BE03023011) as prescribed for Plastic · Semester 3 divides the course into 6 units, covering 42 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 (BE03023011)Unit 1 Introduction
- Basic concept of Monomer
- difference between low molecular weights and polymers
- Structure of Polymers
- Classification of Polymers
- difference between thermoplastic and thermoset. * Problem Based Learning (PBL) aims to accommodate learning beyond syllabus as per clause 9.4 of NBA manual
- Program Name: Bachelor Engineering Level: UG Branch: Plastics Technology Subject Code: BE03023011 Subject Name: Basics of Plastics
Unit 2 Chemical Bonding
- Definition of chemical bonding
- Types of chemical bond
- Ionic bond
- Covalent bond
- Difference between Ionic and covalent bond
- Sigma bond and pi bond
- difference between sigma and pi bond
- van der Waals (dispersion)
Unit 3 Polymerization
- Chain Polymerization (Addition Polymerization): Introduction
- Free radical polymerization- Initiators
- Chain transfer
- Ionic polymerization: Cationic and Anionic Polymerization
- coordination polymerization
- Step polymerization: (Condensation Polymerization) Polycondensation
- Polyaddition polymerization
- Ring opening polymerization
Unit 4 Polymerization techniques and Reactors
- Interfacial polymerization
- Solid & Gas phase polymerization techniques
- Reactors: Batch reactor
- semibatch reactor
- continuous reactor
- Tank reactor
- Tubular reactor
- Fixed bed reactor and fluidised bed reactor
Unit 5 Stereochemistry of Polymers
- micro structures based on the chemical structure Organic Polymer
- Inorganic Polymer
- Homochain polymer
- heterochain polymer
- Types of copolymer
- micro structures based on the geometrical structure: Linear branched and crosslinked polymer
- Stereo regular polymers: optical Isomerism
- geometric Isomerism
- syndiotactic and atactic polymers
Unit 6 Polymer reactions and polymer reactants
- Reactions of various specific groups: cyclization reaction
- cross linking reactions
- polymer reactants
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