Plastic Characterization Techniques
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The official GTU curriculum for Plastic Characterization Techniques (subject code BE05053071) as prescribed for Plastics · Semester 5 divides the course into 6 units, covering 41 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 (BE05053071)Unit 1 Molecular Characterization of Polymers
- Determination of molecular weight
- end group analysis
- colligative property
- light scattering technique
- determination of molecular weight and molecular weight distribution
- gel permeation chromatography (GPC)
Unit 2 Thermal Analysis of Polymers
- Differential thermal analysis (DTA)
- differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)
- thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)
- thermomechanical analysis (TMA)
- dynamic mechanical thermal analysis (DMTA)
Unit 3 X-ray diffractometry
- X-ray diffraction analysis
- experimental methods
- applications – chain conformations
- chain packing
- disorder in the crystal
- degree of crystallinity
- micro structural parameters
- degree of orientations
- Principles of microscopy: Optical, SEM, TEM, AFM
- Morphology of polymers
- crystallization behavior
- phase separation and applications
Unit 4 UV/Visible Spectroscopy
- Lambert law, Beer’s law, theory
- interpretation of spectrogram
- applications – qualitative analysis
- quantitative analysis
- cis- and trans-conformation
Unit 5 Fourier Transformer Infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopy
- instrumentation – ATR attachment – methods of sample preparation
- interpretation of spectra – applications – establishment of chemical structure of polymers
- reaction kinetics
- polymer linkage
- hydrogen bond formation
- qualitative and quantitative results – gas chromatograph (GC) – Mass spectrometer
Unit 6 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy
- (¹H NMR and ¹³C NMR) – Introduction
- spin-spin coupling
- coupling constant
- chemical shifts
- method of sample preparation
- applications – chemical structures
- Program Name: Engineering Level: Under Graduate Branch: Plastics Engineering Subject Code: BE05053071 Subject Name: Plastic Characterization Techniques Solid state NMR – applications
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