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Degree
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Major
Materials Engineering | Plastics Engineering | Chemical Engineering
Area of study
Engineering
Course Language
English
About Program
Program Overview
This program provides knowledge in polymer-based systems and processing technologies, covering topics such as configuration, molecular weight effects, glass transition, polymerization, and chemical variants. Students are assessed through a laboratory report, class quiz, and examination. The program aims to enhance understanding of polymer science principles and their applications.
Program Outline
Assessment:
- Summative laboratory report (40%)
- MCQ class quiz (20%)
- 2-hour examination (40%)
Other:
- The module aims to apply basic polymer science principles to advance knowledge in a variety of polymer-based systems and related processing technologies.
- Topics covered include:
- Configuration, conformation, tacticity
- Molecular weight effects (entanglement, diffusion, viscosity)
- Glass transition
- Free-radical polymerization; initiation, cold cure, heat cure, inhibition
- Crazes and cracking
- Chemical variants; plasticizers, cross-linking, hydrophilicity
- Filled resin polymerization; role of the filler, rules of mixtures
- Setting properties; gel, rubber, glass
- Photocatalytic initiation; non-steady state propagation, termination
- Design of curing light source
- Depth of cure, oxygen-affected layer
- Flexible impression materials
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