Polymer science and Technology
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Follow on Instagram for UpdatesPolymer science and Technology Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Polymer science and Technology (subject code 2743002) as prescribed for CE · Semester 4 divides the course into 8 units, covering 58 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 (2743002)Unit 1 Basic concept of polymer
- Concepts of polymers
- Classification of polymers based on structures
- tacticity crystalline
- mechanism and kinetics of polymerization
- mode of formation
- Poly dispersity and molecular weight distribution
- Concept of Mn(Number average molecular weight)
- Mw((Weight average molecular weight)
- Mv(Viscosity average molecular weight) and Mz(Z average molecular weight) and measurement techniques
- effect of molecular weight on polymer end use properities Functionality principle
- Theory of polymer solutions: solubility parameter
- Mark-Houwink-Sakurda equation
Unit 2 Polymer Structure and Physical Properties
- The Crystalline Melting Point
- The glass Transition
- Properties Involving Large Deformation
- Properties Involving small Deformation
- Physical state of Polymers
- Elastic property
- Chemical resistance
- Intermolecular forces in monomers and polymers
- Plastics-Elstomers & Fibres
- Mechanical behaviour of Polymers
- Molecular weight & intermolecular forces
- The amorphous staterheology
- Physical Crosslinking
- Polymer blends
Unit 3 Chain growth polymerization
- Mechanism and kinetics of free radical
- cationic and co- ordination polymerization
- initiator efficiency
- types of initiation reactions
- auto acceleration chain transfer agents
- inhibition and retardation reactions
Unit 4 Step growth polymerization
- Carothers’s equation
- kinetics of step growth polymerization
- cross-linking and gelation
- Comparison between addition and condensation polymerization
- Co polymerization: Types of co polymers
- monomer reactivity ratio
- block and graft copolymers
Unit 5 Polymer Degradation And Techniques Of Polymerization
- Polymer degradation (chain and random)
- Methods of degradation of polymers such as mechanical
- oxidative and bio degradation
- Bulk polymerization
- Solution polymerization
- Suspension polymerization
- Emulsion polymerization and its kinetics
- Comparison of bulk
- emulsion and suspension polymerization techniques
Unit 6 Polymerization Reaction Engineering
- Emulsion polymerization
- dispersion polymerization etc
- Reactors for polymerization: analysis of polymerization reactions
- Reactor design applied to polymer system
- Average molecular weight of polymer in different reactor
- Control of molecular weight
Unit 7 Rheology Of Polymeric System
- Unit operations in polymer industries
- Polymer processing moulding
- extrusion etc
Unit 8 Reactors for Industrial polymerization Processes like
- manufacturing of PS, PBR SBR
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