Polymer reaction engineering and Rheology
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The official GTU curriculum for Polymer reaction engineering and Rheology (subject code 2162304) as prescribed for Plastic · Semester 6 divides the course into 2 units, covering 65 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 (2162304)Unit 1 REACTION ENGINEERING
- [A] Introduction: Introduction to macromolecules and polymer reaction engineering
- fundamental concepts
- classifications of polymers based on polymerization mechanisms
- study of molecular weight distribution
- distinctive features of polymers and polymerization reactors as compared with monomers and their reactors
- studies on changes in viscosity
- density and rate constant with conversion. [B] KINETICS OF POLYMERIZATION : MW/MWD obtained for chain-growth
- step-growth polymerization in batch reactor
- plug- flow reactor (PFR) and continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR)
- kinetic studies of cationic
- anionic and free radical polymerization reactions
- Ziegler-Natta catalyst in stereo-regular polymerization
- kinetics mechanism in heterogeneous and stereo-regular polymerization reactions
- rates of Ziegler-Natta polymerization
- average chain length of polymer in stereo-regular polymerization. [C] KINETICS OF EMULSION AND SUSPENSION POLYMERIZATION : Introduction to bulk
- suspension and emulsion polymerization techniques
- aqueous emulsifier solution
- kinetic aspects of suspension and emulsion polymerization (Smith-Ewart Model)
- determination of total number of particles
- molecular weight in emulsion polymerization
- emulsion polymerization in homogenous CSTR
- kinetics of dispersion polymerization. [D] Kinetics at High Degree of Conversion: Verification of the kinetic model and the gel effect in radical polymerization
- equilibrium of radical polymerization
- temperature effects in radical polymerization
- role of inter phase mass transfer in the selection and the design of polymerization reactor (especially step-growth polymerization reactors)
- diffusional effects in Ziegler-Natta polymerization, and metallocene catalyst for olefin polymerization
Unit 2 RHEOLOGY OF PLASTIC MATERIALS
- A INTRODUCTION : Introduction to Rheological Principles
- Definition & importance of Rheology
- types of fluids
- Non Newtonian fluids
- time-dependent fluids
- time independent fluids
- viscous elastic fluids
- Pseudoplastic fluids
- Dilatant fluids
- Bingham plastic fluids
- Introduction to tensors
- stress tensors and strain tensors
- Basic equations of fluid mechanics - Continually equation
- Couchy equation
- Navier – stokes equation
- Normal stress difference and Weissenberg’s effect. 07 15% B VISCOELASTIC BEHAVIOUR : Stress relaxation
- relaxation modulus
- creep compliance dynamic modulus
- dynamic compliance
- dynamic viscosity
- Mechanical models – Maxwell model
- Voigt – Kelvin model
- Zener model
- Boltzmann Principle of Superposition
- Time-temperature correspondence
- time- temperature superposition
- WLF equation
- Glass-transition and theories of glass transition - free volume theory
- thermodynamic theory and kinetic theory
- Molecular theories – Rouse theory
- Doi – Edward theory
- Curtis – bird model. 10 15% C PARAMETERS INFLUENCING RHEOLOGY : Effect of pressure on viscosity
- Effect of temperature
- activation energy
- effect of molecular weight and molecular weight distribution on viscosity
- molecular at dependence of zero shear viscosity
- effect of crosslinking
- crystallinity branching
- effect of fillers
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