Introduction to Polymers (MATS 501)
Offered By:
Engineering and Materials Science Faculty
Description
The course examines the elements of polymer science that relate to engineering applications. The second half of the course examines polymer-processing operations with an emphasis placed on the analysis of polymer flow. Specific topics include the rheology of thermoplastic melts, viscoelasticity. It includes the following:
- Introduction to polymer science and Technology
- Classification of Polymer Structure
- Making polymers
- polymer transition-crystallization of polymers
- polymer transition- glass transition temperature
- Dynamic Properties of polymer
- Viscoelasticity
- Viscosity
- Rehology
- stress-strain behaviour
- polymer processing