Guia docent 2016_17 Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeria Química

Continguts

Tema	Subtema
1. Introduction	What are the polymers. The polymers in the world. A brief history.
2. Morphology	Bonds and forces, Individual molecules, Molecular networks, Cohesive energy, Physical states, Transition temperatures, Crystallisation, Structure-properties relations
3. Thermodynamics of polymer solutions	Non-ideality of polymer solutions. The Flory-Huggins theory, Swell of a chain by solvent, Rubber elasticity, Solubility, Phase equilibria
4. Polymerisation	Reactions of polymerisation, Functionality, Kinetic schemes, Chain polymerisation, Step polymerisation, Polymerisation processes, Copolimerización
5. Molecular weight distributions	Mean values of the molecular weight, Theoretical molecular weight distributions, Empirical molecular weight distributions, Experimental methods of analysis of the molecular weight distributions.
6. Viscoelasticity	Mechanical behaviour of the polymeric materials, viscous solids and elastic liquids, Models for the viscoelastic response, Molecular motions and transition temperatures
7. Rheology	Characteristics of non-Newtonian flow, Dependence of the viscosity with the shear rate, Dependence of the viscosity with the molecular weight, Dependence of the viscosity with the temperature, Normal stresses.