Adhesives and Sealants
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The official GTU curriculum for Adhesives and Sealants (subject code ME02084071) as prescribed for PE · Semester 2 divides the course into 10 units, covering 50 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 (ME02084071)Unit 1 Introduction to polymeric foams and adhesive, adhesion and
- adhesive joints
- Advantages and Disadvantages of adhesive bonding over conventional joining techniques
- theory and mechanism of adhesion
Unit 2 Surface characterization, surface preparation and surface
- treatments for various substrates
- Techniques for evaluation of adhesives
Unit 3 Principle of adhesives formulation and production techniques,
- Adhesives formulation for various industries viz. construction
- abrasives and friction material shoes
- etc. types of polymeric foams
- viz. expanded polystyrene
- polypropylene, etc
Unit 4 Hot melt, polymerizing, solution, solvent-activated anaerobic and
- pressure sensitive adhesives, etc
- Bonding of polymeric materials to GUJARATTECHNOLOGICALUNIVERSITY Program Name: Master of Engineering Level: PG Branch: Plastics Engineering Subject Code: ME02084071 Subject Name: Adhesives and Sealants various substrates Sealants
- Type of sealants
- curing of sealants
- properties and formulation relevant to different application
Unit 5 Natural Adhesive Materials
- Animal glue
- casein and mix protein adhesives
- starch base adhesives
Unit 6 Rubber Base Adhesive Material
- Natural rubber adhesive
- butile rubber and polyisobuteline
- nitrile rubber adhesive
- styeren butadiene rubber adhesive
- thermoplastic rubber in adhesive
- carboxylic polymers in adhesive
- neo prene based solvent and latex adhesive
- polysulfide sealant and adhesives
Unit 7 Resin Based Adhesives
- Phenolic resin adhesive
- amino resin adhesive
- epoxy resin adhesive
- Polyurethane & isocyanate based adhesive
Unit 8 Polyvinyl Based Adhesive
- Polyvinyl acetate emulsions for adhesives
- polyvinyl alcohol for adhesives
- polyvinyl acetal adhesive
Unit 9 High Performance Based Adhesive
- polyester and polyamide high performance hot melt adhesives
- high temperature organic adhesives
- silicone adhesives sealants and abrasives
- organ o functional si lane coupling agents
- non-silance coupling agents
- resins for elastomer based adhesives
- polyolefin and ethylene copolymer based hot melt adhesives
- acrylic adhesives
- anaerobic adhesives
- cyanoacrylate adhesives
Unit 10 Adhesives For Industrial Application
- Adhesives for building construction
- adhesives in electrical industry
- conductive adhesives
- structural adhesives in aerospace industry
- adhesives in automobile industry
- Mix & dispersing equipments-basic design
- robotic dispersing of sealants and adhesives