Natural Rubber Science & Technology
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The official GTU curriculum for Natural Rubber Science & Technology (subject code BE04026051) as prescribed for Rubber · Semester 4 divides the course into 8 units, covering 56 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 (BE04026051)Unit 1 Natural Rubber
- Processing of Latex for Dry Rubber Production
- Technically Specified Rubber
- Advantages of TSR over conventional grades
- Other forms of Natural Rubber
- Properties of raw Natural Rubber
- Non-rubber substances
- Physical properties
- Structure of Natural Rubber
- Solubility and Swelling
- the Status of Natural Rubber
- Balata and Related Materials
Unit 2 Chemical Modification of Natural Rubber
- Modification Research
- Chemical Reactivity of Natural Rubber
- Simple Addition Reactions of the olefinic double bond
- Simple substitution reactions of the olefinic double bond
- Electro cyclic Reactions
- Degradation Reactions
- Epoxidation Chemistry
- Properties of ENR, Applications of ENR
Unit 3 Graft Copolymers from Natural Rubber
- Thermoplastic Rubber
- A method for NR, Grafting Chemistry
- Physical Properties of Polystyrene Graft Copolymers
- Grafting to other backbones
- Graft Chains other than Polystyrene
- Alternative Grafting Chemistry
- Heveaplus MG & Related Materials
Unit 4 Diffusion of Liquids and Solids in Rubber
- Diffusion Theory
- Experimental Methods
- Diffusion of Hydrocarbon Liquids and Oils
- Blooming of Waxes
- Diffusion of Water in Rubber
- Practical Relevance
Unit 5 Low Temperature Crystallization and Engineering use of Natural Rubber
- Crystallization in Natural Rubber
- Experimental Techniques
- Tensile Strain
- Force-Deformation behaviour
- Environmental Factors
- Flexible Rubber-steel Laminates
Unit 6 Liquid Rubbers
- Classes of commercially established Liquid Elastomers
- Model studies using Terminally Functional Polybutadiene
- Practical considerations affecting the development of Telechelic Polymers as General-purpose Elastomers
- Additional Terms in Telechelic Elastomer Research & Development
- Counseling Remarks
Unit 7 Powdered Rubbers
- Preparation of powdered rubbers
- Partitioning agents
- Preparation Program Name: Engineering Level: Under Graduate Branch: Rubber Technology Subject Code : BE04026051 Subject Name : Natural Rubber Science & Technology of powdered rubber compounds
- Processing on Open mills
- Powdered Mastication principle
- Advantages of powdered and particulate rubbers
Unit 8 Reclaim Rubbers
- Different Manufacturing Processes of Reclaim Rubbers
- Types of Reclaim Rubbers
- Testing and evaluation of Reclaimed Rubber
- Properties of Reclaimed Rubber as a compounding ingredient
- The advantages of using Reclaimed Rubber
- Major uses of Reclaim Rubber
- Rubberized Asphalt
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