Plastic Structure and Property Relationship
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Plastic Structure and Property Relationship Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Plastic Structure and Property Relationship (subject code 3162317) as prescribed for Plastics · Semester 6 divides the course into 8 units, covering 33 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 (3162317)Unit 1 Structure of Polymers
- Molecular arrangement of polymers: linear
- branched and cross linked Homo chain & hetero chain plastics Molecular orientation in polymeric material
Unit 2 Elements & their importance in polymer composition
- Effect of elements and their presence in polymer composition Carbon
- Silicon Additives and their effects on properties of polymers Plasticizers and softeners
- Effects of plasticization upon structure and behaviour
- Effect of plasticization upon mechanical
- thermal and electrical properties
- Effect of other additives like Fillers and reinforcement
- Anti ageing agents
- Flame retardants
- Blowing agents
- Cross linking agents & Colorants on properties of polymers
Unit 3 Mechanical Properties
- Various mechanical properties of polymers such as tensile strength
- flexural strength
- impact strength
- Effect of polymer structure on mechanical properties
Unit 4 Effect of morphology on polymer properties
- Structure of polymer crystals Factors affecting crystallinity in polymers Difference in properties of crystalline and amorphous polymers Effect of crystallinity on properties of polymer
Unit 5 Chemical properties and Thermal properties
- Relation of structure of polymer to chemical properties by: Chemical bond
- Chemical Reactivity
- Exposure to energy sources
- Other effects Glass Transition temperature (Tg)
- Melting temperature (Tm) Effect of plasticizers on Tg
Unit 6 Subject Code
- AY 2018-19 6 Electrical Properties and Optical Properties Electrical properties of polymers Effect of polymer structure on electrical properties of polymers Optical properties of polymers Effect of polymer structure on optical properties of polymers Birefringence and Polarization of light
Unit 7 Intermolecular Bonding
- Polarity and effect of polarity on properties of polymers such as: Processability Mechanical properties
- Thermal properties
- Electrical properties
- Optical properties
- Hydrogen bonding between polymer molecules
- Effect of hydrogen bonding on melting behavior
- mechanical strength
Unit 8 Relation of structure with properties of individual polymers and their applications -
- PET - Nylon - PMMA - PP (isotactic
- syndiotactic and atactic) - PE (HDPE
- LDPE and irradiated PE) - PVC - Unsaturated polyester resin Etc
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