Polymer Characterization Techniques
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The official GTU curriculum for Polymer Characterization Techniques (subject code ME02084031) as prescribed for PE · Semester 2 divides the course into 5 units, covering 21 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 (ME02084031)Unit 1 Molecular Weight Determination
- Molecular weight averages - Molecular weight determination techniques like End-group analysis
- Colliquative Properties - Ebulliometry
- Osmometry and Vapour phase Osmometry
- Light scattering techniques
- Solution viscometry, and Gel GUJARATTECHNOLOGICALUNIVERSITY Program Name: Engineering Level: PG Branch: Plastic Engineering Subject Code: ME02084031 Subject Name: Polymer Characterization Techniques Permeation Chromatography
Unit 2 Spectroscopic Characterization
- Introduction to Spectroscopic techniques - Ultraviolet - Visible Spectroscopy - Infra Red and Raman Spectroscopy - Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy - Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy
- X -Ray Diffraction
Unit 3 Microscopic And Chromatographic Characterization
- Light Microscopy - Scanning electron microscopy - Transmission electron Microscopy and Scanning transmission electron microscopy
- Analysis of residual monomer like VCM, Acetaldehyde
- Acrylonitrile and Styrene content in Polymers by Gas Chromatography
Unit 4 Thermal Characterization
- The basis of Thermal Analysis - Differential Thermal Analysis (DTA) and Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) - Thermo-mechanical Analysis (TMA) - Thermo gravimetric Analysis (TGA) - Dynamic Mechanical Thermal Analysis (DMA) and Dielectrical Thermal Analysis
Unit 5 Rheological Characterization
- Introduction and definitions related to fluid flow - Newtonian and non-Newtonian and visco elastic fluids
- Rheological properties - viscosity
- relationships describing temperature and shear rate dependence on the rheological behaviour of amorphous and crystalline plastics materials
- Simple shear flow and its application for measurement of viscosity as well as normal stresses
- Simple elongation flow and its significance
- Dynamic flow behaviour
- time dependent fluid responses
- Viscosity measurements - capillary rheometer
- torque rheometers
- cup flow and spiral flow tests for determination of flow behaviour
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