Advanced Polymer Chemistry

COURSE SUMMARY
Course Title: 
Advanced Polymer Chemistry
Course Code: 
15CHY231
Year Taught: 
2015
2016
2017
2018
Type: 
Elective
Program Offered: 
B. Tech. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
B. Tech. in Civil Engineering
B. Tech. in Aerospace Engineering
B. Tech. in Chemical Engineering
B. Tech. in Mechanical Engineering
B. Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering
Degree: 
Undergraduate (UG)
School: 
School of Engineering
Campus: 
Bengaluru
Chennai
Coimbatore
Amritapuri

'Advanced Polymer Chemistry' is a course offered for the B. Tech. programs at the School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.

SYLLABUS

Unit 1

Newer Polymers and Polymerizations: Polymeric Liquid Crystals - Inorganic and Organometallic polymers - Synthesis and reactions of Phosphorus - Nitrogen polymers - Boron - Silicone polymers. Cyclisation versus Linear Polymerization - Molecular weight control in linear polymerization - Molecular weight distribution in linear polymerization - Molecular weight distributions in nonlinear polymerization - Multichain Polymerization - Metallocene Polymerization.

Unit 2

Solid-state irradiation polymerization - Atom transfer radical polymerization - Plasma Polymerization - Zwitterionic Polymerization - Isomerization polymerization - Polymer supported solid phase reactions - Merrifield method.

Polymer degradation and stabilization: Mechanism of different types of degradation - Commonly used antidegradants and the mechanism of their stabilization.

Unit 3

Polymer solutions: Criteria for solubility - Heat of Dissolution and Solubility parameters - Conformation of polymer chains in solutions - Nature of polymer molecules in solution - Size and shape of macromolecules in solution - Thermodynamics of polymer solutions - Phase equilibria - Entropy and heats of mixing of polymer solutions - Effect of molecular weight on solubility - Solubility of crystalline and amorphous polymers - Flory Huggins theory of polymer solution, Equation of state theory, Flory Krigbaum theory and cluster type theory - Viscosity of dilute polymer solutions

TEXT BOOKS

  • George Odian, “Principles of Polymerization”, John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, (1991).
  • Malcolm P. Stevens, “Polymer Chemistry”, Oxford University Press, New York, (1999).

REFERENCES

  • Harry R Allcock and Frederick W Lampe, “Contemporary Polymer Chemistry”, 2nd edition, Prentice Hall, Inc., New Jersey, (1990).
  • Charles E Carraher, Jr., “Polymer Chemistry”, 5th edition, Marcel Dekker Inc., New York, (2000).
  • Jayadev Sreedhar and Govariker, “Polymer Chemistry”.

Related Academic Courses

B. Tech. in Mechanical Engineering
Integrated B.A. - M.A. (English Language & Literature)
B. Tech. in Mechanical Engineering
M. C. A. (Master of Computer Applications), M. C. A. ( Offered at Kochi Campus ), M. C. A. (Offered at Mysuru Campus)
 
             
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