| Educational guide School of Chemical Engineering |
english |
| Chemical Engineering (2011) |
 Subjects |
| POLYMERS |
| Contents |
| IDENTIFYING DATA | 2013_14 |
| Subject | POLYMERS | Code | 20685108 | |||||
| Study programme |
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Cycle | 2nd | |||||
| Descriptors | Credits | Type | Year | Period | ||||
| 3 | Compulsory | First | Only annual |
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| Contents | Personalized attention | Assessment |
| Sources of information | ||
| Topic | Sub-topic |
| Introduction: characteristics of polymeric materials |
Definition of polymer and macromolecule, synthesis and structure of polymers, polymer nomenclature |
| Types of polymers: thermoplastics, thermosetting, elastomers; fibers | |
| Correlations property-structure |
Morphology; definition of molecular weights and their distributions, the glass transition; crystallization; viscoelasticity; introduction to mechanical properties. |
| Techniques for characterization of polymers: spectroscopy, molecular weight determination techniques, microscopic techniques, thermal analysis | Differential scanning calorimetry, size exclusion chromatography and other techniques to determine the molecular weight and its distribution, thermogravimetric analysis and dynamo-mechanic thermal analysis |
| Applications in composite materials: nanocomposites and microcomposites |
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| Applications to advanced polymeric materials: flame retardant polymers, liquid crystalline polymers and ordered thermosets |
