Rubber Technology
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The official GTU curriculum for Rubber Technology (subject code BE03026011) as prescribed for Rubber · Semester 3 divides the course into 7 units, covering 74 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 (BE03026011)Unit 1 Natural Polymers
- Natural polymers like Rubber
- Tall oil-derived polymers
- Polysaccharides like Cellulose
- Regenerated cellulose
- derivatives of cellulose
- derivatives of starch
- other Polysaccharides
- Proteins like Amino acids
- polypeptides and Proteins
- Protein structure
- synthesis of polypeptides and proteins
- collagen, and regenerated protein
- Nucleic acids
- its structure and Nucleic acids synthesis
Unit 2 Chemical Composition of Rubbers
- Chemical Composition of the Rubber & Polymer Molecule
- Monomeric Ingredients in the Final Polymer Composition
Unit 3 Chain Orientation of Rubbers & Polymers
- Concept of chain orientation
- Orientation in amorphous and crystalline Polymers
- Uniaxial and biaxial orientation
- practical significance
- orientation process
- properties of oriented polymers
Unit 4 Morphology and order in crystalline Rubbers & Polymers
- Configuration involving an asymmetric carbon atom
- Structural requirements for crystallinity
- The amorphous state
- Polymer Morphology (Glass Transition temperature) (Tg)
- Thermal transition in polymers
- Physical Properties and Morphology of polymers
- Other factors affecting crystallisability
- Effect of Crystallinity on the properties of polymers
- Property-Molecular Weight Relationships
- Molecular Weight Distribution
- Interchain and intrachain forces
- Crystalline-Amorphous Structures
Unit 5 Monomers for the production of Rubbers
- production of Butadiene from n-Butenes
- production of Butadiene from n-Butane
- production of Butadiene by steam Cracking of Naphtha Petroleum Fraction
- production of Butadiene from Ethyl Alcohol
- Reppe Process
- production of Butadiene from acetaldehyde
- production of Styrene by Dehydrogenation of Ethylbenzene
- production of Styrene by Oxidation of Ethylbenzene
- production of Acrylonitrile by reaction between Acetylene and Hydrogen Cyanide
- production of Acrylonitrile by reaction between ethylene Oxide and Hydrogen Cyanide
- production of Acrylonitrile by reaction between Propylene and Ammonia in the presence of Oxygen
- production of Program Name: Bachelor of Engineering Level: UG Branch: Rubber Technology Subject Code : BE03026011 Subject Name : Rubber Technology Acrylonitrile by reaction between Propylene and Nitric Oxide
- Isoprene( 2-methyl-1-
- production of Isoprene by the Propylene Dimer Process
- production of Isoprene by Dehydrogenation of Isopentane and /or 2- Methyl Butenes
- production of Isoprene by the Isobutene Formaldehyde process
- production of Isoprene by the acetone-acetylene Process
- production of Chloroprene from Acetylene
- production of Chloroprene from Butadiene
- Isobutene( Isobutylene) Acrylic Monomers
- Vinyl Chloride
- Vinyl Acetate
Unit 6 Polymer sorbents & Porous structure of Polymers
- Sorption & Adsorption
- Porosity & Methods of its Estimation: Calculation of specific surface area of sorbent
- calculation of total pore volume of sorbent
- Methods of Forming porous Structure of polymers
- porous structure of polymers
- classification of polymer sorbents
- Mechanism of Sorption of Low-Molecular substances by polymers
Unit 7 Polymer Degradation
- Types of degradation
- thermal degradation
- mechanical degradation
- degradation by ultra sonic waves
- degradation by high-energy radiation
- oxidative degradation
- hydrolytic degradation
- Ozone oxidation degradation
- Oxidative degradation of saturated polymers
- oxidation of phenol formaldehyde
- Antioxidants Etc