Speciality Elastomers & its Technology
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The official GTU curriculum for Speciality Elastomers & its Technology (subject code ME02088031) as prescribed for RT · Semester 2 divides the course into 7 units, covering 32 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 (ME02088031)Unit 1 Modified natural rubber
- Hydrogenated natural rubber
- chlorinated natural rubber
- hydro halogenated natural rubber
- cyclized natural rubber
- resin-modified natural rubber
- poly(methylmethacrylate)-grafted natural rubber
- enpcaf-modified natural rubber
- liquid natural rubber
Unit 2 Chemical modification of synthetic elastomers
- halogenation and hydrohalogenation and recent developments
Unit 3 Short fiber-filled rubber composites
- Introduction to rubber composites
- methods for the analysis of fiber orientation
- mixing effects
Unit 4 Tetrafluoroethylene-propylene rubber
- polymer structure and fundamental properties
- compounding and vulcanization
- vulcanizate properties and applications
Unit 5 Carboxylated rubber
- preparation of carboxylic rubbers
- composition of carboxylated emulsion polyfvlers
- vulcanization of carboxylated rubbers
- scorch, and bin storage stability of carboxylic elastomers
- compounding ingredients for carboxylated elastomers
- physical properties
- applications for carboxylated elastomers
Unit 6 Acrylic-based elastomers
- basic structure
- methods of production
- compounding techniques
- processing characteristics
- vulcanization methods
- physical properties
Unit 7 Crosslinked polyethylene
- basic structure
- compounding and mixing of polyethylene
- physical properties of crosslinked polyethylene
- applications of crosslinked polyethylene