Plastics Material Science
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Plastics Material Science Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Plastics Material Science (subject code 3132301) as prescribed for Plastics · Semester 3 divides the course into 7 units, covering 38 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 (3132301)Unit 1 Introduction
- Basic concept of Monomer
- Structure of Polymers
- Classification of Polymers
Unit 2 Polymerization
- functionality Addition polymerization: Chain Polymerization
- Free radical polymerization- Initiators
- Chain transfer
- Ionic polymerization-coordination polymerization
- Ziegler Natta catalyst
- Condensation polymerization : Step polymerization
- Polyaddition polymerization
- Ring opening polymerization Methods of polymerization: Bulk
- Interfacial polymerization
- Solid & Gas phase polymerization techniques
Unit 3 Molecular weight
- Introduction- Concept of average molecular weight
- Number and weight average molecular weight
- degree of polymerization
- Significance of polymer molecular weight
- size of polymer molecules
Unit 4 Stereochemistry of Polymers
- Configuration and Confirmation features
- micro structures based on the chemical structure
- stereo regular polymers
- micro structures based on the geometrical structure
Unit 5 Glass transition temp. (Tg)
- Introduction of Tg, Glassy solids & Glass transition
- Transition & Associated properties
- Factors influencing the Tg
- Molecular weight & Tg, plasticizers & Tg.
- Tg. of copolymers-Tm & Tg.-Importance of Tg
Unit 6 Crystallinity in polymers
- degree of crystallinity
- polymer crystallization
- Structural regularity & crystallisability
- factors affecting crystallisability
- Crystallization and melting
- crystal formation
- Effect of crystallinity on properties of polymers. 05 Subject Code: 3132301 -
Unit 7 Polymer reactions and polymer reactants
- Reactions of various specific groups
- cyclization reaction
- cross linking reactions
- polymer reactants
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