Plastics Materials
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Plastics Materials Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Plastics Materials (subject code 3712401) as prescribed for PE · Semester 1 divides the course into 4 units, covering 18 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 (3712401)Unit 1 Polymer Chemistry
- Introduction to polymer – Monomers
- Polymerization – Chain polymerization – Step polymerization
- Polymerization techniques – Bulk polymerization – Solution polymerization – Suspension polymerization – Emulsion Polymerization
- Molecular weight and its distribution
Unit 2 Commodity Plastics
- Sources and Manufacture of raw materials - Types of Commosdity Plastics
- Definition of Commodity Plastic
- Methods of manufacture of Polymer
- General Properties and applications of Polyethylene - Polypropylene and their copolymers - Vinyl Polymers and Co-polymers - Polystyrene and Copolymers - Acrylic and copolymers - Cellulose Polymers
Unit 3 Engineering Plastics
- Sources and Manufacture of raw materials
- Methods of Manufacture of Polymer
- Line diagrams
- General Properties and applications of Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene - Polyamides (PA-6
- PA- 6, 10, PA-11 & 12) - Polycarbonates - Polyacetal & Copolymers - Thermoplastic Polyesters (PET & PBT) - Polyphenylene oxide - Polysulfones - Fluoro polymers (PVF
- PCTFE) - Thermoplastic Polyurethane
Unit 4 Speciality Plastics
- Sources and Manufacture of raw materials
- Line Diagrams
- Methods of manufacture of Polymer
- General properties and applications of