| POLYMER SYNTHESIS |
|
January
| 21 | Introduction, step growth mechanism, chain growth mechanism |
| 28 | Kinetics and equilibrium distribution for
step and chain growth, molecular weight and distribution, |
|
February
| 4 | Additional polymer synthesis techniques
(suspension and emulsion polymerization, etc.) |
| 11 | Copolymerization, chain modification |
| POLYMER SCIENCE |
| 18 | Monday classes, but perhaps meet to replace 4/8 class |
| 25 | Polymer thermodynamics and phase behavior, Flory-Huggins theory |
|
March | 4 | Polymer chain configuration, Scaling concepts in polymer physics |
| 11 | Polyelectrolytes, equations of state for polymers |
| | MIDTERM EXAM individually sometime during the week |
| 18 | Spring Break; no class |
| 25 | Network polymers, rubber elasticity and elastomers |
| POLYMER CHARACTERIZATION |
|
April | 1 | Permeation, sorption, diffusion |
| 8 | Viscometry, osmometry or see 2/18 |
| 15 | Light scattering, other scattering methods |
| 22 | STUDENT PRESENTATIONS |
| 29 | Size exclusion chromatography, sedimentation, polymer degradation, course evaluations |
|
May | 6 | FINAL EXAM, 3:00-6:00 pm (date
scheduled
by enrollment services) |