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Syllabus

Unit 1

Structure of polymers – thermoplastic, thermoset, rubber – Linear, branched, crosslinked, and network polymers – polymerization types – addition, condensation, mechanism, methods – bulk, solution, suspension and emulsion – crystalline, amorphous, orientation – molecular weight – intermolecular forces, solubility parameter- glass transition temperature.

Unit 2

Manufacturing, mechanical, thermal, electrical and chemical properties and applications of commodity plastics – PE, PP, PVC, PS, Engineering plastics – ABS, PC, PMMA, polyamide, polyacetal, PET, PBT, PTFE, High performance polymer – PES, PEI, PEEK, conducting polymer.

Unit 3

Thermoset materials – PF, UF, MF, epoxy and unsaturated polyester resin, Rubber – natural rubber, synthetic rubber – SBR, PB, nitrile, chloroprene, butyl, silicone – compounding and additives.

Text Books

  1. J. A. Brydson, “Plastics Materials” Butterworth-Heinemann – Oxford, 7th Ed., London, 1999
  2. Maurice Morton, “Rubber Technology”, 3rd Ed, Kluwer Academic Pub, Dordrecht, Netherlands, 1999
  3. ManasChanda and Salil K. Roy, “Plastics Technology Handbook”, CRC Press, Atlanta, 2007

Resources

  • D. W. Van Krevelena and P.J. Hoftyzen, “Properties of Polymer”, 3rd Edition Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company Amsterdam – Oxford – Newyork. 1990.
  • Jozef Bicerano, “Prediction of Polymer Properties”, Second Edition, Marcel Dekker Inc. New York,1995.

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