CHEM 438

Course objective :

This course is aiming to give the student a background on the industrial organic polymers, their structure, properties and the different techniques used for preparation and characterization. Also to give knowledge on the dependence of the physical and chemical properties of polymers on their chemical structure in addition to some application directions in which the polymer play an important role.

Course Description :

Introduction – Definitions - Polymerization processes – Free radical polymerization and their mechanisms – Polymerization initiators – Chain transfer reactions – Polymerization Regulators – Autoinhibition –Polymerization of Dienes – Copolymerization – Cationic polymerization – Anionic polymerization – Anionic initiators – Ring Opening Polymerization – Polymerization techniques – Molecular weight determination – Chemical reactions on polymers – Chemical structure and polymer properties – Science of rubber – Science of Plastic – Science of Fibers.

Main text books:

§  Textbook of Polymer Science, Billmeye, 1990, John Wiley & Sons.

Subsidiary books :

§  Principles of Polymerization, Odian, 1994, John Wiley & Sons .

§  Polymer Chemistry an Introduction, G. Challa, 1992, Prentice Hall.