Polymer Alloys and Blends
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The official GTU curriculum for Polymer Alloys and Blends (subject code 2182302) as prescribed for Plastic · Semester 8 divides the course into 5 units, covering 15 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 (2182302)Unit 1 Introduction
- Alloying & blending -definition-need to alloy & blend polymers- polymer that can be blended-introduction to composites-raw material selection criteria
Unit 2 Alloys & blends
- Introduction: historical outline of industrial development of polymer alloys and blends-definitions-the reasons for and methods of blending- how to select blend components-fundamental principles for development of polymer alloys and blends
Unit 3 Polymer-polymer miscibility
- general principles of phase equilibria calculation-theories of liquid mixtures containing polymer: Huggins- Flory theory
- eqt. of state theories
- Gas-lattice model, etc
- Mechanisms of phase separation-general types of Polymer blends-polymer crystallization-morphology of blends-measurement of polymer/polymer interaction
Unit 4 Blend preparation equipments
- mixers’ and their various types like banbury
- hot and cold mixers
- twin screw compounders, and two- roll mills, etc
- Design features of these equipments like rotor types
- screws and their various types
- flow behavior of the plastic material in the mixing equipments
- theory of mixing etc
Unit 5 Characterization of Blends
- characterization techniques like differential scanning Calorimetry
- scanning electron micrographs
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