Synthetic Organic Polymers


 

1. Classification of Polymers & Polymerization Process: Addition (chain reaction) and condensation (step reaction) polymerizations

2.   Fundamental concept of the Following Polymer: Homopolymers and heteropolymers. low density and high density polymers and their properties. Copolymers, alternating, random, block and graft copolymers. elastomer, thermoplastic and thermosetting polymers and their properties. fiber and elastomer.

3.   Mechanism of polymerization: Redical, cationic and anionic polymerization, and their kinetics, chain termination, chain transfer, chain retardation and chain inhibition.

4.   Co-ordination polymerization: Fluid-bed process, Ziegler-Natta catalysis, mechanism of co-ordination polymerization and its kinetics, metal oxide catalyzed and olefin polymerizations. ring opening polymerization.

5.   Configuration of polymers: Syndiotactic, isotactic, atactic polymers.

6.   Some important polymers: Production of monomer unit, physical properties and important uses of polythene, polyvinylchloride (PVC), polystyrene, polybutylene, polybuatadiene-styrene, neoprene, polymethylmethacrylate, polyacrylonitrile, polyvinylacetate, polyamides: Nylon 6, Nylon 66, Nylon 11 and Nylon 12, silk and wool.

8. Thermosetting resins: Phenol-formaldehyde, phenol-urea, melamine-formaldehyde polymers, their preparation and uses. Epoxy resins and polyuranthanes.

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