Thermoplatic Elastomers and Polymer Blends
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Thermoplatic Elastomers and Polymer Blends Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Thermoplatic Elastomers and Polymer Blends (subject code 3152609) as prescribed for Rubber · Semester 5 divides the course into 6 units, covering 30 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 (3152609)Unit 1 Introduction
- Introduction of Thermoplastic elastomers
- Morphology of Thermoplastic Elastomers
- Properties & Effect of Structure
- Thermodynamics of Phase Separation
- Rheology & Processing of Thermoplastic Elastomers
- Technological Application
Unit 2 Thermoplastic Styrene Block Copolymers
- Structure and Composition
- Synthesis and Manufacturing
- Availability of Polymer
- Mixing & Processing
Unit 3 Polyester Thermoplastic Elastomers
- Basic Structure
- Manufacturing and chemistry
- Commercial Elastomer grades
- Engineering Properties
- Special Polyester Thermoplastic Elastomers (Hytrel)
Unit 4 Thermoplastic Polyolefin Rubbers
- Application Vistaflex thermoplastics: Properties
- Environmental resistance
Unit 5 Emerging Thermoplastic Elastomers
- Ethylene Vinyl Acetate Copolymer (EVA)
- Ethylene-ethyl Acrylate Copolymer(EEA) Manufacturing
Unit 6 Thermoplastic Polyurethane Elastomers (TPU)
- types of Polyurethane
- Preparation & Chemistry
- Reaction components & structure effects
- Polymerization processes
- characteristics of TPU, polymerization processes
- chain structure organization and behavior
- Molecular weight effects
- chemical cross linking effects
- Environmental Stability and Stabilization
- Compounding of TPU, Preparation & Structure
- Commercial Polymers & their properties. 08 Subject Code: 3152609 w.e.f