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Chemistry of High Polymers:: SECTION F. Polymer Science and Engineering

This document discusses key topics in polymer science and engineering, including: 1) The chemistry of polymerization reactions and how they are used to synthesize different types of polymers such as thermoplastics, engineering plastics, thermosetting polymers, and natural/synthetic rubbers. 2) Characterization techniques used to analyze polymers, such as determining molecular weight and examining structure using techniques like IR, XRD, DSC, and microscopy. 3) How polymers are processed into usable forms via various molding, extrusion, calendaring, and other processing methods and tested mechanically and for other important properties.

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Chemistry of High Polymers:: SECTION F. Polymer Science and Engineering

This document discusses key topics in polymer science and engineering, including: 1) The chemistry of polymerization reactions and how they are used to synthesize different types of polymers such as thermoplastics, engineering plastics, thermosetting polymers, and natural/synthetic rubbers. 2) Characterization techniques used to analyze polymers, such as determining molecular weight and examining structure using techniques like IR, XRD, DSC, and microscopy. 3) How polymers are processed into usable forms via various molding, extrusion, calendaring, and other processing methods and tested mechanically and for other important properties.

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SECTION F.

Polymer Science and Engineering


Chemistry of high polymers:
Monomers, functionality, degree of
polymerizations, classification of polymers,
glass transition, melting transition, criteria for
rubberiness, polymerization methods:
addition and condensation; their kinetics,
metallocene polymers and other newer
techniques of polymerization,
copolymerization, monomer reactivity ratios
and its significance, kinetics, different
copolymers, random, alternating, azeotropic
copolymerization,block and graft copolymers,
techniques for copolymerization-bulk,
solution, suspension, emulsion.
Polymer Characterization:
Solubility and swelling, concept of average
molecular weight, determination of number
average, weight average, viscosity average
and Z-average molecular weights, polymer
crystallinity, analysis of polymers using IR,
XRD, thermal (DSC, DMTA, TGA), microscopic
(optical and electronic) techniques.
Synthesis and properties:

Commodity and general purpose


thermoplastics: PE, PP, PS, PVC, Polyesters,
Acrylic, PU polymers.
Engineering Plastics:
Nylon, PC, PBT, PSU, PPO, ABS,
Fluoropolymers Thermosetting polymers: PF,
MF, UF, Epoxy, Unsaturated polyester, Alkyds.
Natural and synthetic rubbers: Recovery of NR
hydrocarbon from latex, SBR, Nitrile, CR, CSM,
EPDM, IIR, BR, Silicone, TPE.
Polymer blends and composites:
Difference between blends and composites,
their significance, choice of polymers for
blending, blend miscibility-miscible and
immiscible blends, thermodynamics, phase
morphology, polymer alloys, polymer
eutectics, plastic-plastic, rubber-plastic and
rubber-rubber blends, FRP, particulate, long
and short fibre reinforced composites.
Polymer Technology:
Polymer compounding-need and significance,
different compounding ingredients for rubber
and plastics, crosslinking and vulcanization,
vulcanization kinetics.
Polymer rheology:

Flow of Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids,


different flow equations, dependence of shear
modulus on temperature,
molecular/segmental deformations at
different zones and transitions. Measurements
of rheological parameters by capillary
rotating, parallel plate, cone-plate rheometer.
viscoelasticity-creep and stress relaxations,
mechanical models, control of rheological
characteristics through compounding, rubber
curing in parallel plate viscometer, ODR and
MDR.
Polymer processing:
Compression molding, transfer molding,
injection molding, blow molding, reaction
injection molding, extrusion, pultrusion,
calendaring, rotational molding,
thermoforming, rubber processing in two-roll
mill, internal mixer.
Polymer testing:
Mechanical-static and dynamic tensile,
flexural, compressive, abrasion, endurance,
fatigue, hardness, tear, resilience, impact,
toughness. Conductivity-thermal and
electrical, dielectric constant, dissipation
factor, power factor, electric resistance,

surface resistivity, volume resistivity, swelling,


ageing resistance, environmental stress
cracking resistance

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