Plastics Testing-II
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Plastics Testing-II Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Plastics Testing-II (subject code 3152308) as prescribed for Plastic · Semester 5 divides the course into 8 units, covering 13 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 (3152308)Unit 1 Thermal properties
- Introduction Heat Deflection Temperature (HDT)
- Vicat softening point (VSP) Torsion pendulum test Thermal conductivity
- Thermal expansion test-coefficient of linear thermal expansion
- Brittleness temperature
Unit 2 Electrical properties
- Introduction Dielectric strength Dielectric constant-dissipation factor- Surface and volume resistivity Arc Resistance
Unit 3 Optical and barrier properties
- Introduction Refractive index Color and Specular Gloss Luminous transmittance and Haze Gas barrier and Moisture barrier properties
Unit 4 Weathering properties
- Introduction Accelerated weathering tests Outdoor weathering of plastics
Unit 5 Subject Code
- AY 2018-19 Resistance of Plastic materials to Fungi and bacteria 5 Flammability tests: Introduction Flammability test (non rigid plastics
- Self supporting plastics in horizontal position and Solid plastics in vertical position) Oxygen index test
Unit 6 Chemical properties
- Introduction Immersion Test Solvent stress cracking resistance and Environmental stress cracking resistance (ESCR)
Unit 7 Material characterization tests
- Viscosity tests Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC) Thermal analysis tech .like DSC, TGA, TMA, DMA
Unit 8 Non Destructive testing
- Ultrasonic testing –Pulse echo and transmission technique
- Application of Ultrasonic NDT in plastics